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钤

Unicode: U+94A4

Pinyin: qián

Definition

* 印章。 ～记（旧时印的一种）。 * 盖印章。 ～印。～章。 * 锁。 ～键（ａ．锁钥，关键；ｂ。喻机谋）。 * 兵书，谋略。 ～决（泛指兵书或谋略）。～谋（计谋）。韬～（中国古代兵法书《六韬》及《玉钤篇》的合称，亦指用兵谋略）

lock, latch; stamp, seal

Structure

钤 graph

Related substructures

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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