Unicode: U+85C3

Pinyin: xiāo hào

Definition

xiāo:* 草貌。 * 禾伤肥。 hào:* 缩,因变形而不平:"是故以火养其阴,而齐诸其阳,则毂虽敝,不~。"

(translated) Appearance of grass; Grain harmed by fertility; Shrunken and uneven from deformation

Structure

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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