Unicode: U+5012

Pinyin: dǎo dào

Definition

dǎo:* 竖立的东西躺下来。 摔~。墙~了。~塌。~台。打~。卧~。 * 对调,转移,更换,改换。 ~手。~换。~车。~卖。~仓。~戈。 dào:* 位置上下前后翻转。 ~立。~挂。~影。~置。 * 把容器反转或倾斜使里面的东西出来。 ~水。~茶。 * 反过来,相反地。 ~行逆施。反攻~算。~贴。 * 向后,往后退。 ~退。~车。 * 却。 东西~不坏,就是旧了点

fall over; lie down; take turns

Structure

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Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_EC0971_EC0A
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 ->
27_5012
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 ->
92_F7C3
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