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Definition
* 一切事物不断发展变化所经历的过程。 ～间。～不我与。 * 较长的时间。 ～代。古～。 * 泛指一段时间。 ～光。～令。～分。 * 现在的，当前的。 当～。～下。～务。～宜。 * 常常。 ～常。学而～习之。 * 一年中的一季。 ～序。四～如春。 * 旧时的记时单位，一昼夜十二分之一为一"时辰"，深夜十一点至次日凌晨一点为"子时"，中午十一点至一点为"午时"。 * 现在的记时单位，一昼夜的二十四分之一。 ～钟。～差（ chā ）。 * 某一时刻。 按～上班。 * 不定时，有时候。 ～而。～阴～晴。 * 机会。 ～机。待～而动。 * 姓
time, season; era, age, period
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->