荆
Definition
* 落叶灌木，叶有长柄，掌状分裂，开蓝紫色小花，枝条可编筐篮等（亦称"楚"） 紫～。～条。～棘。披～斩棘。 * 古代用荆条做的刑仗。 负～请罪。 * 中国古代"九州"之一，春秋时楚国别称。 ～州。～璞（喻美质、未经任用的卓越人才）。 * 旧时对人谦称自己的妻子。 拙～。山～。～妻。 * 姓
thorns; brambles; my wife; cane
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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