Unicode: U+721E

Pinyin: chóng tóng

Definition

* 〔~~〕熏烤,如"自冬及春暮,不雨旱~~。" * 旱热之气:"时又吐旱火之~融。"

(translated) to roast; to scorch; to parch (referring to heat and dryness), as in "from winter to late spring, without rain, the drought parches."; hot and dry air of drought; scorching heat of drought, as in "at that time, it also emanates the scorching heat of drought."

Structure

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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 ->
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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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