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Definition
léng:* 物体上的条状突起，或不同方向的两个平面相连接的部分。 ～角。瓦～。～椎（多面体的一种）。三～镜。模～两可。 * 神灵之威，威势。 威～。 lēng:* 〔不～登〕口语赘词，用于某些形容词后，含厌恶意，如"傻～～～"。 líng:* 〔穆～〕地名，在中国黑龙江省
squared timber; angle, edge
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
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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