討
Definition
* 查究，處治。 檢～。 * 征伐，發動攻擊。 ～伐。聲～（宣佈罪行而加以抨擊）。 * 研究，推求。 研～。探～。 * 索取。 ～還（ huán ）。 * 求，請求。 ～教（ jiào ）。～饒。 * 惹。 ～厭。～人喜歡。 * 娶。 ～老婆
to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry
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 ->