厂
Definition
chǎng:* 工厂。 机械～。造纸～。纱～。 * 有空地可以存货或进行加工的地方。 煤～。 * 棚舍："枳篱茅～共桑麻。" * 中国明代为加强专制统治而设的特务机关。 东～。西～。 hǎn:* 山边岩石突出覆盖处，人可居住的地方。 yăn:* 同"䉷"。 ān:* 同"庵"，多用于人名
factory, workshop; radical 27
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.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 ->
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 ->