Unicode: U+8317

Pinyin: míng mǐng

Definition

* 茶树的嫩芽。 * 茶。 香~。品~。~具。煮~。 * 古同"酩",酩酊

tea; tea plant

Structure

茗 graph

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 ->
27_8317
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 ->
81_E525

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