Unicode: U+960F

Pinyin: è yù yān

Definition

è:* 壅塞。 ~塞。~积。~绝(遏止,禁绝)。 yān:* 〔~氏〕汉代匈奴称君主的正妻

block, obstruct, stop up

Structure

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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 ->
27_95BC
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_F13D

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