驿
Definition
* 旧时供传递公文的人中途休息、换马的地方，亦指供传递公文用的马。 ～站。～馆。～丞（掌管驿站的官员）。～吏。 * 现为地名用字。 龙泉～（在中国四川省）。 * 古同"绎"，络绎
relay station
Structure
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 ->
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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