Unicode: U+5E56

Pinyin: biāo

Definition

* 同"标",标志。 * 幡:"立木为表系丝其上谓之~。" * 酒店的招子。 * 用文字或其它事物表明。 * 量词,用于书卷:"有书数千~。"

(translated) same as "标", meaning sign; mark; banner; hotel signboard; to indicate or show with words or other things; classifier for scrolls of books

Structure

幖 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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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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