Unicode: U+76B3

Pinyin: qiú

Definition

* 同"毬",古代的一种皮球,内用毛填充,杖击或足踢,古称"踘丸"、"皮丸"

(translated) Same as 毬, referring to an ancient leather ball filled with hair, used in games played by striking with a stick or kicking, and anciently known as "踘丸" or "皮丸"

Structure

皳 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_6BEC
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 ->
83_F089

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