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Definition
mài:* 分佈在人和動物周身內的血管。 ～絡。～理。 * 動脈的跳動。 ～搏。切～（中醫指診脈）。～口（中醫切脈的部位）。～息。～象（指脈搏的形象與動態）。～門（手腕部可以看到的橈動脈跳動的部分）。診～。 * 像血管那樣連貫而自成系統的東西。 山～。葉～。礦～。～～相承。 mò:* [脈脈]形容用眼神表達愛慕的情意。 ～～含情
blood vessels, veins, arteries
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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