Unicode: U+95C9

Pinyin: yīn

Variants:𨶴𨶵𨶾

Definition

* 古指瓮城的门:"城~不禁。" * 城:"巧技出吴~。" * 古通"堙":"救~池者,以火与争鼓橐。" * 姓

curved, bent; a curved wall

Structure

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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