妖
Definition
* 迷信的人指异于常态而害人的东西。 ～魔鬼怪。～精（①妖怪；②喻姿色迷人的女子。"精"均读轻声）。～氛。 * 装束或神态不正派。 ～里～气。～态。 * 媚，艳丽。 ～女。～娆。～艳。～冶。～妍。 * 邪恶而迷惑人的。 ～言。～人。～术
strange, weird, supernatural
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 ->
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 ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC