Unicode: U+7ABE

Pinyin: kuǎn cuàn

Definition

kuǎn:* 空隙。 * 中空:"见~木浮而知为舟。" * 空洞,不实:"~言不听,奸乃不生。" * 挖空:"斩材~坚。" * 法则;规矩。 * 枯。 * 古水名。 * 象声词,形容水击石声。 * 古通"款"。 cuàn:* 藏匿

hole; hallow; empty

Structure

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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