中

海

Unicode: U+6D77

Pinyin: hǎi

Definition

* 靠近大陆，比洋小的水域。 ～洋。～域。～拔。～疆。～内。～岸。～誓山盟。五湖四～。 * 用于湖泊名称。 青～。中南～。 * 容量大的器皿，巨大的。 ～碗。～涵（敬辞，称对方大度包容）。夸下～口。 * 喻数量多的人、事物像海的。 人山人～。火～。 * 漫无目标地。 ～骂。～找。 * 古代指从外国来的。 ～棠。 * 特指中国上海。 ～派。 * 姓

sea, ocean; maritime

Structure

海 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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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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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