Unicode: U+74EE

Pinyin: wèng

Definition

* 一种盛水或酒等的陶器。 水~。酒~。菜~。~城(围绕在城门外的小城)。~牖( yǒu )绳枢(以破瓮作窗户,以草绳系户枢。形容家里穷)。 * 姓

earthen jar; jar for ashes

Structure

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