中

词

Unicode: U+8BCD

Pinyin: cí

Definition

* 语言里最小的可以独立运用的单位。 ～汇。～书。～典。～句。～序。～组。 * 言辞，话语，泛指写诗作文。 歌～。演讲～。誓～。～章。～律（文词的声律）。 * 中国一种诗体（起于南朝，形成于唐代，盛行于宋代。本可入乐歌唱，后乐谱失传，只按词牌格律创作） ～人。～谱。～牌。～调（ diào ）。～韵。～曲

words; phrase, expression

Structure

词 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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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