Unicode: U+96C5

Pinyin: yǎ yá yā

Definition

* 正规的,标准的。 ~言。~正(a.规范的;b.正直;c.客气话,用于赠给他人的书画题款上,请对方指正)。 * 美好的,高尚的,不粗俗的。 文~。高~。典~。~观。~教( jiào )。~兴( xìng )。~座。~俗。 * 平素,素来。 ~爱。~善鼓琴。 * 极,甚。 ~以为美。~不欲为。 * 交往。 无一日之~。 * 酒器名。 ~量( liàng )(a.大的酒量;b.宽宏的气度)。 * 中国周代朝庭上的乐歌。 风~颂。~声(泛指诗歌)。 * 古同"鸦",乌鸦

elegant, graceful, refined

Structure

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Precursors

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 ->
71_E3AD
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_96C5
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 ->
71_E3AD91_F45E91_F45F91_F46091_F46191_F46291_F463
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 ->
82_E2A082_E2A182_E2A282_E2A382_E2A482_E2A582_E2A682_E2A782_E2A8

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