Unicode: U+741F

Pinyin: wéi yù

Definition

wéi:* 似玉的美石。 yù:* 鸟名

(translated) Beautiful stone resembling jade; bird name

Structure

琟 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 ->
27_E038
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 ->
82_E441

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