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Definition
jiān:* 兩段時間或兩種事物相接的地方。 中～。～距。～奏。天地之～。 * 在一定空間或時間內。 田～。人～。 * 房子內隔成的部分。 裏～。衣帽～。～量。 * 量詞，房屋的最小單位。 一～房。 jiàn:* 空隙。 ～隙。當～兒。親密無～。 * 隔開，不連接。 ～隔。～斷。～接。～日。～歇。黑白相～。 * 挑撥使人不和。 離～。～諜。反～計。 * 拔去，除去。 ～苗。 * 偏僻的小路。 ～道。～行（從小路走）。 * 參與："肉食者謀之，又何～焉"
interval, space; place, between
Structure
Related substructures
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->