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Definition
* 植物吐穗开花，多指庄稼。 ～穗。～而不实（喻人很聪明，却未做出实际成绩）。苗而不～（喻人早死或虚有其表）。 * 特别优异的，亦指特别优异的人。 ～异。～才。优～。后起之～。 * 美丽而不俗气。 ～丽。～劲。～俊。～拔（秀丽而挺拔）。清～。～外慧中（外貌俊美，内心聪明）。 * 中国元明两代称贵族、官僚、富室子弟（称平民子弟为"郎"） 不郎不～（喻不成材或没出息）。 * 茂盛。 佳木～而繁荫
ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC