Unicode: U+8845

Pinyin: xìn

Definition

* 古代用牲畜的血涂器物的缝隙。 ~钟。~鼓。 * 缝隙,感情上的裂痕,争端。 ~隙。~端(争端)。挑~。寻~。 * 以香熏身。 ~浴

consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood; rift

Structure

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