Unicode: U+9435

Pinyin: tiě dié

Definition

* 一種金屬元素,工業上用途極廣,可以煉鋼,可制各種器械,亦是生物體中不可缺少的物質。 * 形容堅硬。 ~拳。~軍。~騎。金戈~馬。~漢。~蹄。~腕。 * 形容確定不移。 ~錚錚。~的紀律。~證。 * 形容剛正。 ~面無私。 * 形容表情嚴肅。 他總是~著臉。 * 黑色。 ~驪。~青。 * 兵器的代稱。 手無寸~。 * 姓

iron; strong, solid, firm

Structure

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Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.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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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