Unicode: U+7403

Pinyin: qiú

Definition

* 圆形的立体物。 圆~。~茎。~体。气~。煤~。 * 指球形的体育用品,球类运动。 ~艺。~员。~坛。~迷。 * 星体,特指"地球" 月~。星~。誉满全~。 * 美玉

ball, sphere, globe; round

Structure

球 graph

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 ->
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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 ->
91_E1A591_E1A6
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_E243

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