Unicode: U+803F

Pinyin: gěng

Definition

* 光明:"山头孤月~犹在,石上寒波晓更喧"。~~(a。光明,如"~~星河";b。形容忠诚,如"忠心~~";c。心里老想着不能忘,如"~~于怀")。 * 有骨气,刚正不阿。 ~介。~直。~节(坚贞的节操)。 * 姓

bright, shining; have guts

Structure

耿 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
33_EEE233_EEE1
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 ->
27_803F
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 ->
93_F4C793_F4CB93_F4CD93_F4CC93_F4C893_F4C993_F4CA
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 ->
84_F1A9

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC