桂
Definition
* 中国广西壮族自治区的别称。 ～剧。～系军阀。 * 〔～花〕常绿小乔木或灌木，叶椭圆形，开白色或暗黄色小花，有特殊的香气，供观赏，亦可做香料，通称"木犀"；简称"桂"，如"金～"，"～子飘香"、"～轮"（月的别称，相传月中植桂花。亦称"桂魄"）。 * 姓
cassia or cinnamon
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 ->
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 ->
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