Unicode: U+574B

Pinyin: bèn fèn

Definition

bèn:* 尘埃。 ~埃。微~。 * 撒粉末,涂抹粉末。 * 大堤。 fèn:* 地名用字。 古~(在中国福建省)

dust, earth; a bank of earth; to dig; to bring together

Structure

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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_574B
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