约
Definition
yuē:* 绳子。 * 拘束，限制。 ～束。～法。制～。～定俗成。 * 共同议定的要遵守的条款。 立～。条～。契～。 * 事先说定。 ～见。～会。 * 邀请。 ～请。～集。 * 节俭。 节～。俭～。 * 简要，简单。 由博返～。简～。 * 大略。 ～计。～莫。～略。 * 算术上指用公因数去除分子和分母使分数简化。 ～分。 yāo:* 用秤称。 ～～。～一下
treaty, agreement, covenant
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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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