Unicode: U+9609

Pinyin: yān

Definition

* 割去男人的或雄性动物的生殖器。 ~鸡。~割。 * 太监,封建时代的宦官。 ~人。~党。~竖。~寺(指宦官)。~宦

castrate; eunuch

Structure

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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 ->
27_95B9
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 ->
84_F159

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC