Unicode: U+845B

Pinyin: gě gé

Definition

gé:* 多年生草本植物,茎可编篮做绳,纤维可织布,块根肥大,称"葛根",可制淀粉,亦可入药(通称"葛麻") ~布。~巾(葛布做的头巾,古人不分贵贱常服)。~履。 * 表面有花纹的纺织品,用丝做经,棉线或麻线等做纬。 ě:* 姓

edible bean; surname

Structure

葛 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 ->
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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 ->
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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