Unicode: U+9C87

Pinyin: nián

Definition

* 〔~鱼〕头大嘴宽,尾圆而短,皮有黏质,无鳞,背部苍黑色,腹白色,上下颌有四根须。昼伏泥中,夜出活动。肉可食,鳔入药。吃小鱼、贝类、蛙类等

sheatfish, parasilurus asotus

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