弦
Definition
* 系在弓背两端的、能发箭的绳状物。 弓～。～韦（"弦"指弓弦，"韦"是兽皮，弦紧皮软，喻性子急缓不同。古人佩弦来警戒自己的性缓，佩韦以警戒自己的性急；后遂用"弦韦"喻朋友的规劝）。～月（农历每月初七、八或二十二、三，月亮半圆，形似弓弦，故名）。上～（农历每月初七或初八的月相）。下～（农历每月二十二或二十三的月相）。应～而倒。 * 乐器上发声的线。 琴～。～子（①指琴弦；②乐器"三弦"的通称）。～歌。管～。续～（古人以琴瑟喻夫妻，故又以"断弦"喻丧妻，以"续弦"喻再娶）。～外之音。 * 中国古代称不等腰直三角形的斜边。 * 中医脉象名。 ～脉
string; hypotenuse, crescent
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
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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