Unicode: U+85CE

Pinyin: jìn

Definition

* 藎草。禾本科。一年生細弱草本。葉卵狀披針形。秋季開紫褐色花。液汁可作黃色染料

a kind of weed; faithfulness

Structure

藎 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 ->
27_85CE
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_E37D

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC