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湖

Unicode: U+6E56

Pinyin: hú

Definition

* 陆地上聚积的大水。 ～泊。～泽。～滩。～荡。～光山色。 * 指中国湖北省和湖南省。 两～。～广。 * 指中国湖州（旧地名，在今浙江省吴兴县） ～笔。～绉

a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

Structure

湖 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

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 ->
33_EC58
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_6E56
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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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC