Unicode: U+7F72

Pinyin: shǔ

Definition

* 办理公务的机关。 专~。公~。官~。 * 布置。 部~。 * 签名,题字。 签~。~名。~字。 * 暂代。 ~理。兼~

public office

Structure

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Related substructures

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_E86B71_E86C
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_7F72
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_E86B71_E86C92_F48D92_F48F92_F49092_F49192_F48E

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