Unicode: U+74CA

Pinyin: xuán qióng

Definition

qióng:* 赤色玉。一说指美玉。 * 光彩似玉的。 * 喻美好的事物。 * 博具,相当于后来的骰子。 * 做丹药的材料。 * 神话传说中的井鬼名。唐段成式 xuán:* 同"璿"

jade; rare, precious; elegant

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_E039
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_74CA27_749A27_74D727_7401
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 ->
81_E22E81_E22F81_E23081_E23181_E23281_E23381_E23481_E23581_E23681_E23781_E238

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