Unicode: U+7511

Pinyin: zèng

Definition

* 古代蒸饭的一种瓦器。底部有许多透蒸气的孔格,置于鬲上蒸煮,如同现代的蒸锅。 ~尘釜鱼。 * 〔~子〕现在蒸饭用的木制桶状物,有屉而无底。 * 蒸馏或使物体分解用的器皿。 曲颈~

boiler for steaming rice, pot

Structure

甑 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 ->
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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