Unicode: U+866C

Pinyin: qiú

Definition

* 古代传说中有角的小龙。 ~龙。 * 拳曲。 ~曲(盘绕弯曲)。~须。~髯(拳曲的胡须,特指两腮上的胡须)

young dragon

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 ->
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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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