中

菡

Unicode: U+83E1

Pinyin: hàn

Definition

* 〔～萏〕荷花的别称，如"九龙吐水浴身胎，八部神光曜殿台，希奇瑞相头中现，～～莲花足下开。"

buds, lotus buds

Structure

菡 graph

Related substructures

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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_83E1
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_E3D5

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