Unicode: U+5248

Pinyin: yuān

Definition

* 剜;挑取。 * 盆、瓮底部的孔。 * 小割而深。 * 曲剪;曲刀

(translated) to gouge; to pick out; hole at the bottom of a basin or urn; small but deep cut; curved scissors; curved knife

Structure

剈 graph

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 ->
27_E3C8
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 ->
82_E839

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC