Unicode: U+8854

Pinyin: xián

Definition

* 马嚼子。 * 用嘴含,用嘴叼。 ~枚。燕子~泥。 * 含在心里。 ~恨。~冤。~恤(含哀,怀着忧伤)。~戢(敛藏于心,表示衷心感激)。 * 接受,奉。 ~命。 * 指前后相接。 ~接。 * 职务和级别的名号。 学~。军~。官~

bit; hold in mouth, bite; gag

Structure

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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