刻
Definition
* 雕，用刀子挖。 ～本（雕版印成的书本）。～石。～字。～板。～舟求剑。 * 古代用漏壶记时，一昼夜共一百刻。今用钟表计时，一刻等于十五分钟。 五点一～。 * 时间。 此～。即～。顷～（极短时间）。时～。～不容缓。 * 形容程度极深。 深～。～意。～骨（感受深切入骨）。～苦。 * 不厚道。 ～毒。～薄。尖～。苛～。 * 同"克"
carve, engrave; quarter hour
Structure
Related substructures
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC