枉
Definition
* 弯曲，弯屈，引申为行为不合正道或违法曲断。 ～道。矫～过正。贪脏～法。～己正人（自己身子不正，倒去矫正别人）。 * 冤屈。 ～死。冤～。 * 屈就，用于别人，含敬意。 ～驾（ａ．称对方来访自己；ｂ．请对方往访他人）。～顾（称对方来访自己）。～临（称对方来访自己）。 * 徒然，空，白。 ～然。～自。～费心机
useless, in vain; bent, crooked
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 ->
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