膻
Definition
shān:* 像羊肉的气味。 ～气。～味。腥～。 dàn:* 袒露。 * 胸中。 ～中（➊中医指胸腔中央，心包所在处；➋针灸穴位名，位于前胸部正中）
a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
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 ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC