蚌
Definition
bàng:* 生活在淡水里的一种软体动物，介壳长圆形，表面黑褐色，壳内有珍珠层，有的可以产出珍珠。 ～胎（指珍珠）。 bèng:* 〔～埠（ bù ）〕地名，在中国安徽省
oysters, mussels; mother-of-pearl
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 ->
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