奇
Definition
qí:* 特殊的，稀罕，不常见的。 ～闻。～迹。～志。～观。～妙。～巧。～耻大辱。 * 出人意料的，令人不测的。 ～兵。～计。～袭。出～制胜。 * 惊异，引以为奇。 ～怪。惊～。不足为～。 jī:* 数目不成双的，与"偶"相对。 ～数（不能被二整除的数，如一、三、五、七、九等，正的奇数亦称"单数"）。 * 零数。 ～零（不满整数的数）。～羡（赢余，积存的财物）。有～（如"八分～～"即八分多一点）
strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->
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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