Unicode: U+82B9

Pinyin: qín

Definition

* 〔~献〕对人谦称所赠东西不好。亦称"献芹"。 * 〔~意〕谦辞,微薄的情意。 * 〔~藻〕古代喻贡士或有才学之士。 * 菜名,一年或二年生草本植物,茎可食。亦称"水芹"。还有一种"草芹",有特殊香味,俗称"药芹"

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Structure

芹 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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