Unicode: U+5BB8

Pinyin: chén

Definition

* 屋宇,深邃的房屋。 * 北极星所在,后借指帝王所居,又引申为王位、帝王的代称。 ~极。~居。~章。~札(帝王的书札)。~游。~翰(帝王的书迹)。~垣(京师)

imperial; imperial palace

Structure

宸 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_5BB8
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 ->
83_E6BC

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