Unicode: U+90F2

Pinyin: lái

Definition

* 古国名,中国春秋时被齐所灭。故地在今山东省龙口市莱子城一带。亦作"莱"。 * 古地名,中国春秋时属郑,在今河南省荥阳县东厘城旧址。 * 姓

(translated) name of an ancient state in China, destroyed by Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period; site is around Laizicheng in Longkou, Shandong today; name of an ancient place in China, belonged to Zheng during the Spring and Autumn Period, located at the old site of Licheng in eastern Xingyang, Henan today; surname

Structure

郲 graph

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