Unicode: U+84A9

Pinyin: zū jù

Definition

zū:* 草席:"大祭祀,羞牛牲,共茅~。" * 蕺菜。 jù:* 古通"菹",多草的泽地

(translated) grass mat; Houttuynia cordata; anciently interchangeable with 菹, grassy marshland

Structure

蒩 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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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