Unicode: U+4FEE

Pinyin: xiū

Definition

* 装饰,使完美。 ~饰。~辞。装~。 * 整治,恢复完美。 ~复。~治。~缮(修理)。~浚(修理疏通)。~好。~明(古代指政治清明)。 * 剪或削。 ~剪。 * 兴建,建造。 ~建。~筑。 * 编纂,撰写。 ~书。~史。~纂。 * (学问,品行方面)钻研、学习、锻炼。 ~学。~业。~养。 * 长( cháng ),高。 ~长。 * 信奉宗教的人虔诚地学习教义,并付诸行动。 ~行。~女。 * 姓

study; repair; cultivate

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC