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Unicode: U+5DEE

Pinyin: chà chā chāi cī

Definition

chà:* 错误。 话说～了。 * 不相当，不相合。 ～不多。 * 缺欠。 还～十元钱。 * 不好，不够标准。 ～等。成绩～。 chā:* 不同，不同之点。 ～别。～距。～额。～价。 * 大致还可以。 ～可。 * 错误。 ～错。偏～。～池。 * 数学上指减法运算中的得数。 ～数。四减二的～是二。 chāi:* 派遣去做事。 ～遣。 * 旧时称被派遣的人。 ～人。解～。 * 被派遣去做的事。 ～事。公～。出～。 cī:* cī ㄘˉ 〔参（ cēn ）～〕见"参"

to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer

Structure

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Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
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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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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC