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Unicode: U+9009

Pinyin: xuǎn suàn

Definition

xuǎn:* 挑拣，择。 ～择。～购。～辑（①挑选并辑录；②选辑成的书）。～拔。～用。～贤任能。 * 用投票或举手等表决方式推举出代表或负责人。 ～举。普～。 * 被选中的（人或物） 入～。人～。 * 选辑成册的作品。 文～。诗～。短篇小说～。 xiān:* 同"先"，出自战国楚简

choose, select; elect; election

Structure

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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