Unicode: U+8CE8

Pinyin: cóng

Definition

* 中国秦汉时期四川、湖南等地少数民族所缴的一种赋税。亦指这些少数民族

tribute paid in cloth by the tribes in Szechwan and Yunnan under the Han dynasty

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 ->
27_8CE8
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 ->
92_EBC0