平
Definition
* 不倾斜，无凹凸，像静止的水面一样。 ～地。～面。～原。 * 均等。 ～分。～行（ xíng ）。抱打不～。公～合理。 * 与别的东西高度相同，不相上下。 ～列。～局。～辈。 * 安定、安静。 ～安。～服。 * 治理，镇压。 ～定。 * 抑止（怒气） 他把气～了下去。 * 和好："宋人及楚人～"。 * 一般的，普通的。 ～民。～庸。～价。～凡。 * 往常，一向。 ～生（ａ．从来；ｂ．终身）。～素。 * 汉语四声之一。 ～声。～仄。 * 姓。 * 〔～假（ jiǎ ）名〕日本文所用的草书字母。 * 古同"评"，评议
flat, level, even; peaceful
Structure
Related substructures
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 ->
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 ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->
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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