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环

Unicode: U+73AF

Pinyin: huán

Definition

* 中央有孔的圆形佩玉。 ～佩。 * 圈形的东西。 ～形。连～。铁～。花～。耳～。 * 围绕。 ～视。～顾。～拜。～海。～球。～行（ xíng ）。日～食。 * 相互联系的许多事物中的一个。 重要的一～。险象～生。 * 量词，用于记录射击环靶的成绩。 今天打了十～。 * 姓

jade ring or bracelet; ring

Structure

环 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 ->
31_E22C31_E22D31_E22B
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 ->
58_E39D51_E32751_E32B51_E32C51_E32D51_E31A51_E31951_E31B51_E31C51_E31D51_E32051_E32151_E31F51_E32351_E32A51_E324
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 ->
71_E03A71_E03B71_E03C
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_74B0
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 ->
81_E24B

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC