蘭
Definition
* 兰草，泽兰。菊科。多年生草本。叶卵形，边缘有锯齿。有香气，秋末开花，可供观赏。古人称"蘭"多指此草。 * 兰花。兰科。多年生常绿草本。为我国栽培历史悠久的观赏植物。 * 木兰，一种香木。 * 通"闌"。清朱駿聲 * 姓
orchid; elegant, graceful
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 ->
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 ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC