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Definition
* 事物发生的枢纽。 生～。危～。转（ zhuǎn ）～。契～。 * 对事情成败有重要关系的中心环节，有保密性质的事件。 军～。～密。 * 合宜的时候。 ～会。～遇。时～。 * 由许多零作组成可以做功或有特殊作用的装置和设备。 ～器。～动。～关。 * 有生命的生物体器官的作用。 ～能。有～体。 * 灵活，能迅速适应事物变化的。 ～智。～敏。～巧。～变。 * 指"飞机" 客～。～场。～组
desk; machine; moment
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
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 ->
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 ->