Unicode: U+5FBD

Pinyin: huī

Definition

* 标志,符号。 国~。校~。帽~。~章。~记。~帜( zhì )。 * 美好的。 ~号。 * 〔~州〕旧地名,在今中国安徽省歙县。简称"徽",如"~墨"。 * 系琴弦的绳,后用做抚琴标记的名称,古琴全弦共十三徽

a badge, insignia

Structure

徽 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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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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 ->
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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