洮
Definition
táo:* 水名。➊黃河上游支流，在甘肅省西南。通称洮河。 * 古地名。➊春秋时属曹。在今河南省濮阳市东南。 * 古州名。北周保定元年（公元561年）置，治美相县（今甘肃省临潭县）。 * 盥洗。 * 同"淘"。淘洗。 yáo:* 湖名。又名长荡湖、长塘湖，在江苏省漂阳市、金坛市两市境内。 dào:* 古水名。在江淮之间
cleanse; river in Gansu province
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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