藍
Definition
lán:* 蓼蓝。蓼科。一年生草本。叶形似蓼而味不辛，干后变暗蓝色，可加工成靛青，作染料。叶也供药用。又泛指叶含蓝汁可制蓝靛作染料的植物，如木蓝、鬆蓝、马蓝等。 * 深青色。如：天蓝；蔚蓝。 * 滥，不加节制。 * 末尾。唐白居易 * 佛寺，梵语伽蓝的简称。 * 姓。 lan:* 〔茎藍〕见"茎"
blue; indigo plant; surname
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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 ->
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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