埏
Definition
yán:* 地的边际。 * 墓道。 ～道。～隧。～闼（墓道的门）。 shān:* 用水和（huó ㄏㄨㄛˊ）土。 ～埴（"埴"，土；和泥制作陶器，引申为陶冶、培育的意思）。～揉（反复捶击、踩踏制作陶器的黏土，引申为反复修改、锤炼诗文）。～稾（培育）
a boundary, a limit
Structure
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 ->
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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