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Definition
* 小，细小。 细～。轻～。～小。～型。～观。～雕。～积分。～电脑。～量元素。谨小慎～。～乎其～。 * 少；稍。 稍～。～笑。～调（ tiáo ）。 * 衰落；低下。 卑～。～贱。 * 精深；精妙。 ～妙。精～。～言大义。 * 隐约；不明。 ～茫。～词（隐晦的批评）。 * 隐匿："白公奔山而缢，其徒～亡"。 * 暗中察访。 ～行。 * 无，非："～斯人，吾谁与归"。 * 与某一物理量的单位连用时，表示该量的百万分之一。 ～米（公制长度单位，"米"的百万分之一）
small, prefix micro-, trifling
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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