Unicode: U+5701

Pinyin: yín

Definition

* 〔~水〕古水名,上游即今中国内蒙古自治区的乌兰木伦河,下游即今中国陕西省的窟野河。 * 古地名

(translated) ancient river name, referring to the ancient 圁 River, with its upper reaches being the present-day Ulan Mulun River in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, and lower reaches being the present-day Kuye River in Shaanxi Province, China; ancient place name

Structure

圁 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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