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Definition
jié:* 竹子或草木茎分枝长叶的部分。 竹～。～外生枝。 * 物体的分段或两段之间连接的部分。 关～。两～车厢。 * 段落，事项。 ～～（一段一段地，逐步）。～目。 * 中国历法把一年分为二十四段，每段开始的名称。 ～气。～令。 * 纪念日或庆祝宴乐的日子。 ～日。 * 礼度。 礼～。 * 音调高低缓急的限度。 ～奏。～拍。～律。 * 操守。 ～操。晚～。变～。高风亮～（高尚的品德和节操）。 * 省减，限制。 ～省。～制。开源～流。 * 略去，简略。 ～选。～录。 * 古代出使外国所待的凭证。 符～。使～。 * 姓。 jiē:* 〔～骨眼儿〕喻关键的，能起决定性作用的环节或时机（"骨"读轻声）
knot, node, joint; section
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 ->
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 ->