Unicode: U+7891

Pinyin: bēi

Definition

* 刻上文字纪念事业、功勋或作为标记的石头。 石~。丰~。墓~。口~。~文。~碣。~刻(刻在碑上的文字或图画)。~拓( tà )。~帖。~林。里程~(a.设于道路旁边用以记载里数的标志;b.喻在历史发展进程中可以作为象征或标志的大事)。有口皆~

stone tablet; gravestone

Structure

碑 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_7891
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 ->
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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