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Definition
zī:* 初耕的田地。 * 开荒："厥父～，厥子乃弗肯播。" * 水名。即今山东省淄河。 * 姓。 zì:* 树立；插入：："察其～蚤不齵，则轮虽敝不匡。" * 枯死而未倒的树："周公之状，身如断～。" * 车辐插入毂中的部分。 * 矮墙。 * 剖析。 zāi:* 同"灾"："不逢天～，不遇人害。"
to weed grass; land which has been under cultivation for one year
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.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 ->