縱
Definition
zòng:* 放。 ～虎歸山。～火。 * 放任；不拘束。 放～。～目四望。～情。～觀全域。 * 身體猛然向前或向上。 ～身。 * 即使。 ～然。～使。～令。 * 豎，直，南北的方向，與"橫"相對。 ～橫交錯。～橫捭闔（指在政治、外交上運用手段進行聯合或分化）。～貫。～深。 * 起皺紋。 ～花（用有皺紋的紙做成的花）。這張紙都～了。 * 指連隊編制上的"縱隊"。 zǒng:* 急遽的樣子："喪事欲其～～爾"
indulge in, give free reign to
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->