Unicode: U+91C1

Pinyin: xìn

Definition

* 血祭。 * 縫隙;裂痕。 * 過失;罪過。 * 禍患;禍亂。 * 爭端;仇怨。 * 徵兆;跡象。 * 獸類呼吸。 * 塗;熏。 * 奮動。 * 離,遭遇。一說通"興"。興起。 * 姓

smear with blood in sacrifice; rift, quarrel

Structure

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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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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 ->
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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