Unicode: U+7B72

Pinyin: shāo

Definition

* 一种盛饭用的竹筐。 ~箕。斗( dǒu )~(喻才短量浅)。 * 水桶。 水~。一~水

basket, bucket

Structure

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Precursors

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 ->
92_E128
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 ->
82_EA3E

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