怪
Definition
* 奇异，不平常。 ～诞（离奇古怪）。～事。～物。～讶。～圈（ quān ）。～话。～异。奇形～状。 * 惊奇。 大惊小～。～不得。 * 传说中的妖魔之类。 鬼～。妖～。 * 性情乖僻或行为异样的人。 ～癖（古怪的癖好）。～僻（古怪）。 * 很，非常。 ～好的天气。 * 怨，责备。 不～你。～罪。～怨
strange, unusual, peculiar
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 ->