Unicode: U+59D8

Pinyin: pīn

Definition

* 非夫妻而同居的不正当的男女关系。 ~居。~头("头"读轻声)。~夫。~妇

illicit sexual relations

Structure

姘 graph

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 ->
27_59D8
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 ->
84_F5D884_F5D984_F5DA84_F5DB84_F5DC84_F5DD84_F5DE84_F5DF84_F5E0

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC