Unicode: U+5793

Pinyin: gāi

Definition

* 荒远之地,一方广大区域。 ~埏(极远的地方)。"天子居九~之田"。~极(荒远之外)。 * 界限。 ~坫(边界)。重( chǒng )垠累( lěi )~(重重的限制)。 * 古代数名,指一万万。 * 古同"陔",层,阶次。 * 指战场、陆地。 ~心(战地中心)

border, boundary, frontier

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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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