Unicode: U+7C2A

Pinyin: zǎn zān

Definition

* 用来绾住头发的一种首饰,古代亦用以把帽子别在头发上。 ~子。金~。玉~。~缨(做官者显贵之称)。~绅。 * 插,戴。 ~戴。~菊。~笔(古人朝见,插笔于冠,以备记事)。~笏(古代笏以记事,簪笔以备写,臣僚奏事执笏簪笔。故亦称做官)

hairpin, clasp; wear in hair

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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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