Unicode: U+6AD1

Pinyin: léi lěi

Definition

léi:* 古代盛酒的器具。 * 饰有饕餮纹的食物盛器。 * 古同"擂"。 * 古同"檑"。 lěi:* 〔~具〕古代长剑,木柄上镶有蓓蕾形的玉饰,如"不疑冠进贤冠,带~~剑。"

(translated) ancient wine vessel; food container decorated with Taotie patterns; anciently same as "擂"; anciently same as "檑"; Léijù (櫑具), ancient long sword with a wooden handle inlaid with bud-shaped jade ornaments

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
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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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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC