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Definition
* 打手势叫人来。 ～唤。～呼。～手上车。 * 用公开的方式使人来。 ～集。～收。～纳。～贤。～聘。～兵买马。 * 应接。 ～待宾客。 * 引来。 ～惹。～引。～揽。～致。 * 承认自己的罪行。 ～供。～认。不打自～。 * 同"着"。 * 摇动。 ～摇（故意张大声势，引人注意）
beckon, summon; recruit, levy
Structure
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 ->
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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