Unicode: U+575B

Pinyin: tán

Definition

* 古代举行祭祀、誓师等大典用的土和石筑的高台。 天~。地~。登~拜将。 * 用土堆成的平台。 花~。 * 僧道进行宗教活动的场所。 神~。法~。 * 文艺界、体育界或舆论阵地。 艺~。文~。球~。论~。 * 一种口小肚大的陶器。 ~子。水~

altar; arena, examination hall

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 ->
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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