胡
Definition
* 中国古代称北边的或西域的民族。 ～人。～服。～姬（西域出生的少女）。～越（"胡"在北方；"越"在南方，喻疏远、隔绝）。 * 泛指外国或外族的。 ～椒。～瓜（黄瓜）。～琴。～笳（古代北方民族的一种管乐器）。 * 乱，无道理。 ～来。～闹。～吹。～言乱语。 * 文言疑问词，为什么，何故。 ～不归？"～取禾三百廛兮？" * 嘴周围和连着鬓角长的须毛。 ～须。 * 古代指兽类颈下垂肉："狼跋其～。" * 巷、小街道称"胡同（ tòng ）"（用作巷名时，"同"读轻声不儿化）。 * 姓
recklessly, foolishly; wildly
Structure
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 ->
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 ->
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