Unicode: U+6CA1

Pinyin: me méi mò

Definition

méi:* 无。 ~有。~用。~关系。~词儿。~精打采。~心~肺。 * 不曾,未。 ~有来过。 * 不够,不如。 汽车~飞机快。 mò:* 隐在水中。 沉~。~顶之灾。 * 隐藏,消失。 埋~。~落。 * 漫过,高过。 水~了头顶。淹~。 * 财物收归公有或被私人侵吞。 ~收。抄~。 * 终,尽。 ~世。~齿不忘。 * 同"殁"

not, have not, none; drown, sink

Structure

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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 ->
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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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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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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