Unicode: U+6865

Pinyin: qiáo

Definition

* 架在水上或空中便于通行的建筑物。 ~梁。~墩。~涵。~头堡。吊~。栈~。引~。立交~。 * 形状如桥梁的。 心脏搭~手术。 * 古同"乔",高。 * 古同"矫",正,整。 * 姓

bridge; beam, crosspiece

Structure

桥 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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 ->
71_E61771_E618
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 ->
27_6A4B
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 ->
82_F49B

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC