彈
Definition
dàn:* 可以用力发射出去的小丸；装有爆炸物可以击毁人、物的武器。 ～丸。子～。～雨。枪～。氢～。导～。手榴～。原子～。 * 古代指以竹为弦的弓："左挟～，右摄丸"。 tán:* 用手或工具拨动而发射出去，亦指用手指拨弄。 ～射。～跳。～拨。～指。～琴。～奏。～冠相庆（喻即将作官而互相庆贺，多作贬义）。 * 检举违法失职的官吏。 ～劾。～纠。讥～
pellet, bullet, shot, shell
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.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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