Unicode: U+5C55

Pinyin: zhǎn

Definition

* 张开,舒张开。 ~开。~示。~玩。~现。~宽。~望。发~。愁眉不~。 * 延缓,放宽期限。 ~延。~期。~缓。 * 察看,省( xǐng )视。 ~墓。 * 陈列。 ~品。~销。~播。~评。 * 施行,发挥(能力) ~拜。开~。施~。一~宏图。 * 古同"辗",辗转。 * 姓

open, unfold; stretch, extend

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 ->
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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 ->
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