Unicode: U+7BA1

Pinyin: guǎn

Definition

* 吹奏的乐器。 ~乐器。~弦乐。 * 圆而细长中空的东西。 ~道。~线。~见(谦辞,浅陋的见识)。~窥蠡测(从竹管里看天,用瓢量海水,喻眼光狭窄,见识短浅)。~中窥豹。气~。血~。针~。双~齐下。 * 形状像管的电子器件。 电子~。晶体~。 * 负责,经理。 ~理

pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music

Structure

管 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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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 ->
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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