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Pinyin: jiàn jiān

Definition

jiān:* 两段时间或两种事物相接的地方。 中～。～距。～奏。天地之～。 * 在一定空间或时间内。 田～。人～。 * 房子内隔成的部分。 里～。衣帽～。～量。 * 量词，房屋的最小单位。 一～房。 jiàn:* 空隙。 ～隙。当～儿。亲密无～。 * 隔开，不连接。 ～隔。～断。～接。～日。～歇。黑白相～。 * 挑拨使人不和。 离～。～谍。反～计。 * 拔去，除去。 ～苗。 * 偏僻的小路。 ～道。～行（从小路走）。 * 参与："肉食者谋之，又何～焉"

midpoint, space; place, locality

Structure

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Related substructures

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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 ->
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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 ->
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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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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