参
Definition
cān:* 加入在内。 ～加。～与。～政。～赛。～议。 * 相间，夹杂。 ～杂。～半。 * 检验，用其他有关材料来研究，考证某事物。 ～考。～照。～省（ xǐng ）（检验省察）。～看。～阅。～检。 * 探究，领悟。 ～悟。～透。～破。～禅。 * 旧指下级进见上级。 ～见。～拜。 * 弹劾，向皇帝告状。 ～奏。～劾。～革。 shēn:* 星名，二十八宿之一。 ～商（"参星"和"商星"，此出则彼没，两不相见；喻亲友隔离不得相见或彼此对立不和睦）。～辰卯酉（"辰星"即商星，参星酉时现于西方，辰星卯时出于东方；喻互不相关或势不两立）。 * 中药名。 人～。党～。 cēn:* 〔～差（ cī ）〕长短不齐，如"～～不齐"、"～～错落"。 sān:* 同"叁"，三的大写
take part in, intervene; ginseng
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 ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->