絃
Definition
xián:* 琴瑟類樂器上用以發音的絲線。也作"弦"。 * 絃樂器。 * 用絃樂器奏出的聲音。漢馬融 * 彈奏絃樂器。 * 旋律；音调。唐元稹 * 弓上的弦。 * 中醫術語。指脈象急促，脈搏挺直，如接在拉緊的琴弦上。 * 喻妻子。俗因以琴瑟喻夫婦，故謂婦死曰斷弦，續娶曰續弦。 * 成。 xuàn:* 繩索。 * 同"絢"。文彩貌
string on musical instrument
Structure
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 ->
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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