烏
Definition
wū:* 鳥名。烏鴉。又稱"老鴰"、"老鴉"。羽毛通體或大部分黑色。 * 黑色。如:烏雲;烏亮。 * 古代神話傳說太陽中有三足烏,因以"烏"為太陽的代稱。 * 蠶花的別名。即剛孵化出的幼蠶。清沈公鍊 * 副詞。表示反問語氣,相當於"何"、"哪"。 * 嘆詞。同"嗚"。也作"於"。表示感歎。 * 通"歍"。嘔;吐出。 * 姓。 yā:* 〔烏秅〕古代西域國名。 wù:* 〔烏拉〕也作"靰"。我國東北地區冬天穿的一種鞋,用皮革製成,裡面墊烏拉草
crow, rook, raven; black, dark
Structure
Related substructures
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 ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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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