兰
Definition
* 指"兰草"和"兰花" ～艾（"兰花"和"艾草"，喻君子和小人）。～谱（结拜盟兄弟时互相交换的帖子，上写各自家族的谱系。兰有香味，喻情投意合）。～摧玉折（喻贤人夭折，后多用来哀悼人不幸早死）。 * 古书上指"木兰"。 * 古同"栏"，家畜圈（ juàn ）。 * 古同"斓"，斑斓。 * 姓
orchid; elegant, graceful
Structure
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 ->
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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