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甄

Unicode: U+7504

Pinyin: zhēn juàn zhèn

Definition

* 审查，鉴别。 ～审。～别。～选。～录（选择录用）。～品（鉴别品评）。～拔（甄别人材而荐举使用）。 * 制造陶器的转轮；制造陶器。 ～陶（引申为对人的陶冶和造就）。 * 姓

to examine, discern; to grade; a surname

Structure

甄 graph

Related substructures

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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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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 ->
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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