Unicode: U+9A59

Pinyin: zhān

Definition

* 脊背黑色的白马。 * 马负重难行

(translated) White horse with a black spine; Horse burdened and struggling to walk

Structure

驙 graph

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_9A59
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_E22C

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