Unicode: U+85AE

Pinyin: sǒu

Definition

* 生长着很多草的湖泽。 ~泽。 * 人或物聚集的地方。 渊~。 * 指民间、草野。 辞朝( cháo )归~。 * 古同"搜",搜求

marsh, swamp; wild country

Structure

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 ->
27_85EA
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_E47B