Unicode: U+782D

Pinyin: biān

Definition

* 中国古代用以治病的石针。 ~石。~针。 * 用石针扎皮肉治病,引申为刺或规劝。 ~灸。针~(喻指出人的过错,劝人改正)

stone probe; pierce; counsel

Structure

砭 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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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