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辛
U+8F9B xīn
Variants: 𣐽 𨐌

* 辣。 ～辣。五～。 * 劳苦，艰难。 ～苦。～劳。 * 悲伤。 ～酸。 * 天干的第八位，用于作顺序第八的代称。 ～亥革命。 * 姓

bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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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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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 ->
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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 ->
27_8F9B
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 ->
94_EC8194_EC8594_EC8694_EC8794_EC8871_EECB71_EECC94_EC8294_EC8994_EC8394_EC84
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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U+2840B qiān

* 同"愆"

(translated) Same as "愆"

U+4E75 yǎn

* 进

to enter; to make progress to advance; to urge forward

U+20244 bì xīn

* 拼音bì。《汗簡》："，辟。 出《義雲章》"

(translated) defined as 辟 in 《Han Jian》

U+5397 tí
Variants: 銻 𥔈

* 〔唐～〕古同"磄厗"，石名

Semantic variant of 銻: antimony (stibium)

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_5397
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 ->
93_E670
U+3CEF shēn

* 拼音shēn。 * [～妃] 砚神。 * 《漢語大字典》 第二部中解釋:。 * 㳯 "淬"的讹字

goddess of an ink-slab; corrupted form of "淬"

U+2840D shēn
Variants: 莘

* 同"莘"

(translated) Same as "莘"

U+3595 bò niè
Variants: 㖖 𠱫 𠲗 𥥖

niè:* 同"𠱫"。 xīn:* 〔咕㖕〕一种杂环有机化合物的名称

to spit out; to blame, name of an organic compounds

U+224EB
Variants: 侁

* 同"侁"

(translated) same as "侁"

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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U+2D745

* 读音sin， 人名用字

(translated) Pronounced as sin; used in given names

U+2D364

* 同"圉"

(translated) same as "圉"

* 杀牲畜。 ～杀。屠～。～牲节（亦称"古尔邦节"、"牺牲节"）。 * 借指商贩用狡诈的手段使顾客在经济上受到损害（有的地区称"斩"）。 * 古代官名。 ～相（ xiàng ）。～辅。太～。～官。 * 主管、主持。 主～。～制

to slaughter; to rule

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
27_5BB0
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 ->
92_F27292_F27392_F27792_F27492_F27892_F27992_F27592_F27A92_F27B92_F276
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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U+5CF7 shēn

* 传说中的兽名

(translated) Name of a mythical beast

U+2CBC1

* 读音kechi（ 吝）。义未详

(translated) Pronounced "kechi"; meaning unknown

U+2423C xīn

* 疑同"㷣"。中国人名用字

(translated) Doubtfully same as "㷣"; Used in Chinese personal names

U+5C56 xī
Variants: 遟

* 〔～迟〕古同"栖迟"，滞留不进。 * 古同"犀"，坚固

(translated) old variant of "栖迟" (qī chí), meaning to linger and not proceed; ancient form of "犀" (xī), meaning solid and strong

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
56_F6A356_F6A4
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_5C56
U+2CA16

* 同"𣎷"

(translated) same as "𣎷"

U+6893 zǐ
Variants: 杍 榟

* 落叶乔木。木材可供建筑及制造器物之用。 ～器（棺材）。～宫（皇帝的棺材）。 * 治木器。 ～人（古代制造器具的木工）。～匠。 * 木头雕刻成印刷用的木板。 付～（把稿件交付排印）。～行（ xíng ）。 * 指故里。 ～里。桑～。 * 姓

catalpa ovata

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 ->
92_E6C792_E6C6
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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U+23E12 tí
Variants: 𣹲

* 同"漽"

(translated) Same as "漽"

U+231DB

* 从日， 辛聲。人名， 見古晉璽

(translated) composed of 日 (sun radical), phonetic component is 辛; personal name, seen in ancient Jin seals

U+57B6 xīng
Variants: 㙚

* 红色而坚硬的土

(translated) Hard, red soil

U+38B9

* 韩国读音sin，类推中文读音xin1

(translated) Korean pronunciation sin, inferred Chinese pronunciation xin1

U+2AFE2 pì

* 同"辟"。 * 拼音pì、bì。 * 中国人名用字

(translated) Same as "辟"; Used for Chinese personal names

shēn:* 长（ cháng ）的样子："鱼在在藻，有～其尾"。 * 〔～～〕众多，如～～学子。 * 姓。 xīn:* 〔细～〕即"细辛"，一种中药草。 * 〔～庄〕地名，在中国上海市

long; numerous; a marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

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_E55A81_E55B81_E559
U+3F95 shěn

* 拼音shēn。 * 寒病。 * 寒颤

a chill, a cold, malaria, shivering with cold, a shudder; a shiver; tremble

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_E647
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 ->
92_F3EA
U+2252D
Variants: 徲

* 同"徲"

(translated) same as "徲"

U+36D9 shěn qín qiè shèn
Variants: 妾 𨐎

* 拼音qiè。同"妾"

used in girl"s name, (same as 妾) a concubine, (in old China) a polite term used by a woman to refer to herself when speaking to her husband

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 ->
33_F24B33_F24A
U+257BD zǐ

* 同"梓"。中国人名用字

(translated) Same as "梓"; used for Chinese personal names

U+8F9D cí
Variants: 辭

* 古同"辞"

(translated) Same as "辞"

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 ->
34_E80F34_E82E34_E80A34_E80B34_E80634_E80734_E80534_E81034_E80834_E7FC34_E7FF34_E7DC34_E7DD34_E81734_E81634_E7DF34_E81934_E81134_E80C34_E82D34_E7DE34_E81E34_E81D34_E7D934_E7D834_E7D734_E81B34_E80D34_E80E34_E82F34_E83034_E83134_E81234_E81334_E7E034_E81834_E7DA34_E7DB34_E81434_E7E234_E7D534_E7D434_E7E134_E7F334_E7FD34_E82C34_E81534_E7EA34_E81F34_E7E934_E7E334_E7E434_E7FB34_E80934_E81A34_E7D634_E7EB34_E82B34_E82634_E82734_E82534_E82434_E82934_E82A34_E82834_E81C34_E82134_E82334_E82234_E7F434_E7F934_E7EF34_E7F034_E82034_E7FE34_E7E534_E7E634_E7E734_E7E834_E7F534_E80434_E7EC34_E7ED34_E7F834_E7F734_E7F634_E7F134_E7EE34_E7F234_E80034_E80134_E80234_E80331_EC44
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_EED871_EED671_EED971_EED771_EEDA
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_EC2227_F04B
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 ->
94_EC9571_EED871_EED671_EED971_EED771_EEDA94_EC9794_EC9894_EC9994_EC9A94_EC9B94_EC9C94_EC9D94_EC9E94_EC9F94_ECA094_ECA194_ECA294_ECA3
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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U+25B74 xīn

* 拼音xīn。粤语sān

(translated) Pinyin xīn; Cantonese sān

U+9A8D xīn
Variants: 騂 𤛫 𩤑 𩥍

* 赤色的马和牛，亦泛指赤色

red, brown, bay; neat, harmonious

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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U+2E1DE

* 同"粹"

(translated) same as 粹

U+6ED3 zǐ

* 渣子，沉淀物。 渣～。油～。 * 污黑，污浊。 垢～。～秽

sediment, lees, dregs

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_6ED3
U+2ADB1 zǐ

* 拼音zǐ。中国人名用字

(translated) Pinyin zǐ; Used in Chinese given names

U+24F6E

* "辠" 的讹字

(translated) corrupted form of "辠"

U+2C367 xīn

* 拼音xīn。 * 姓。 * 拼音xīn。 * 中国人名用字

(translated) Surname; Used in Chinese given names

* 罪。 无～。～功（罪行）。死有余～。 * 负，背。 ～负。 * 姓

crime, criminal offense

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 ->
34_E7CB
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 ->
51_F686
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_EED171_EED2
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_8F9C27_EC21
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_EED171_EED294_EC8C94_EC8D94_EC8E94_EC8F94_EC90
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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U+28412 gū

* 同"辭"

(translated) same as "辭"

U+20E7C

* 太原方言。 读音ʦai˥˦（或 ʦai˦˥） 指示比较近的人或事物 ，"这块" 的合音

(translated) Taiyuan dialect; pronounced ʦai˥˦ or ʦai˦˥; indicates nearby people or things; contraction of "这块"

U+24661 xīng
Variants: 騂

* 拼音xìng。毛是红色的牲畜

(translated) Livestock with red hair

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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U+20782
Variants: 㓾

* 同"㓾"

(translated) Same as "㓾", meaning "to kill"

U+227D3

* 读音tẻ 义未详

(translated) Pronounced as tẻ; meaning unknown

U+46E8 xìn

* 同"信"

(translated) Same as "信"

U+275F6 gē

* 同"割"。 * 拼音gē

(translated) Same as 割; pinyin gē

U+2430A zǎi

* 拼音zǎi。烹

(translated) to cook

U+266DB
Variants: 𦞤

* 同"𦞤"

(translated) Same as "𦞤"

U+2D844

* 《胜军不动明王四十八使者祕密成就仪轨》: 志挍点之命工寿～弘明王及四十八使者之威徳

(translated) together with Great Bright King and the majestic virtue of the forty-eight messengers

U+2CA17

* 金文隶定字， 同"辣"。 字見《殷周金文集成引得》1386 頁。 * 金文原形字 出自《殷周金文集成》 第2323器銘文中

(translated) Standardized form of Jinwen; same as 辣 (spicy); Original form of Jinwen

bì:* 君主。 复～。 * 指君主招来，授予官职。 ～召。～引。～书。～除（征召推举授官）。～举。 * 古同"避"，躲，设法躲开。 * 古同"睥"，睥睨。 pì:* 开发建设。 开～。 * 驳斥，排除。 ～邪。～谣。～蠹。 * 透彻。 精～。透～。鞭～入里。 * 法，刑。 大～（古代指死刑）

law, rule; open up, develop

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
57_E02757_E02857_E029
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 ->
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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 ->
27_8F9F
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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U+253D4

* 同"䂔"

(translated) Same as "䂔"

U+28413
Variants: 辟

* 同"辟"

(translated) same as "辟"

U+21EB0
Variants: 嶭

* 同"嶭"

(translated) Same as "嶭"

U+2254C
Variants: 遲

* 同"迟"

(translated) same as 迟; late

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
31_E96131_E96231_E96631_E96331_E96531_E96731_E96831_E96931_E96A31_E964
U+28415 shēn cí
Variants: 莘 辭 𨐔

* 拼音shēn。 * 同"莘"。 * 同"𨐔" “辞” “𨐔”

(translated) Same as "莘" "𨐔" “辞” “𨐔”

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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U+950C xīn
Variants: 鋅

* 一种金属元素，旧称"亚铅"或"倭铅"，蓝白色结晶，质脆。 氧化～。～版（印刷版）。～钡白（通称"立德粉"）

zinc

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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U+23EFF cuǐ

* 拼音cuǐ。《類篇》："～， 取猥切。深也。△ 宏按，汲古閣本作㵏。"

(translated) Deep

U+26013 zēng jiē
Variants: 繒

* 拼音zēng。 * 同"缯"。丝织品的总称。 * 姓

(translated) same as "缯"; general term for silk fabrics; surname

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_7E5227_EAC7
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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* 告别。 告～。～诀。～行。～世。～别。 * 不接受，请求离去。 ～职。～呈。 * 躲避，推托。 不～辛苦。～让。～谢。推～。 * 解雇。 ～退。 * 同"词"。 * 优美的语言。 ～藻。修～。 * 讲话；告诉："请～于军"。 * 文体的一种。 ～赋。陶渊明《归去来兮～》

words, speech, expression, phrase

* 告别。 告～。～诀。～行。～世。～别。 * 不接受，请求离去。 ～职。～呈。 * 躲避，推托。 不～辛苦。～让。～谢。推～。 * 解雇。 ～退。 * 同"词"。 * 优美的语言。 ～藻。修～。 * 讲话；告诉："请～于军"。 * 文体的一种。 ～赋。陶渊明《归去来兮～》

words, speech, expression, phrase

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 ->
34_E80F34_E82E34_E80A34_E80B34_E80634_E80734_E80534_E81034_E80834_E7FC34_E7FF34_E7DC34_E7DD34_E81734_E81634_E7DF34_E81934_E81134_E80C34_E82D34_E7DE34_E81E34_E81D34_E7D934_E7D834_E7D734_E81B34_E80D34_E80E34_E82F34_E83034_E83134_E81234_E81334_E7E034_E81834_E7DA34_E7DB34_E81434_E7E234_E7D534_E7D434_E7E134_E7F334_E7FD34_E82C34_E81534_E7EA34_E81F34_E7E934_E7E334_E7E434_E7FB34_E80934_E81A34_E7D634_E7EB34_E82B34_E82634_E82734_E82534_E82434_E82934_E82A34_E82834_E81C34_E82134_E82334_E82234_E7F434_E7F934_E7EF34_E7F034_E82034_E7FE34_E7E534_E7E634_E7E734_E7E834_E7F534_E80434_E7EC34_E7ED34_E7F834_E7F734_E7F634_E7F134_E7EE34_E7F234_E80034_E80134_E80234_E80331_EC44
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 ->
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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 ->
27_8FAD27_EC23
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 ->
94_EC9571_EED871_EED671_EED971_EED771_EEDA94_EC9794_EC9894_EC9994_EC9A94_EC9B94_EC9C94_EC9D94_EC9E94_EC9F94_ECA094_ECA194_ECA294_ECA3
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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U+3C94 xiān
Variants: 𣮭

* 拼音xiān。[～㲍] 细毡类毛制品

woolen textiles; fine cloth

U+21A94
Variants: 親

* 同"亲"

(translated) Same as kin

U+699F zǐ
Variants: 梓

* 同"梓"

(translated) Same as "梓"

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_689327_E4D5
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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U+235B8 tí

* 同"漽"

(translated) Same as "漽"

U+2AE5E

* 古代人名用字。 * 怀节孙、 炜。 * 元顺( 濮阳王)

(translated) Used in ancient personal names

U+28418

* 同"𨐖"

(translated) same as "𨐖"

U+28416 sǎ

* 拼音sǎ。辣味

(translated) Spicy flavor

U+8FA0 zuì
Variants: 罪 𦤖

* 同"罪"

crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship

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 ->
34_E7CA
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 ->
58_E06A58_E06B58_E06C58_E06D58_E06E58_E06F58_E07058_E071
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_EECE71_EECF71_EED0
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_F4B8
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_EECE71_EECF71_EED094_EC8B
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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U+28045 xiān

* 拼音xiān。行

(translated) to walk

U+28419 bì

* 疑为"辟"之讹。 中国人名用字

(translated) Thought to be a corrupted form of "辟"; Used in Chinese personal names

U+213B0
Variants: 墀

* 同"墀"

(translated) same as terrace

U+2B41A

* 同"𣎷"

(translated) Same as "𣎷"

U+23632 shēn
Variants: 𨐔

* 同"莘"。 * 拼音shēn。 * 众多

(translated) Same as 莘; numerous

U+2C63D zhì

* "𦃘" 的类推简化字。 * 拼音zhì 用手或用缝纫机缝。闽语

(translated) Simplified form by analogy of "𦃘"; To sew by hand or with a sewing machine. (Min dialect)

U+4502 zǐ
Variants: 𦬷 𦭄

* 拼音zǐ。用菜做羹

vegetable soup, a kind of vegetable

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_E0B2
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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U+28414 shēn
Variants: 𣘲 𨐕

* 拼音shēn。 * 多。 * 姓

(translated) Numerous; family name

U+2E77C

* 同"辞"。见字形维基

(translated) Same as 辞

U+905F xī zhì chí

* 同"遲"

late, tardy; slow; delay

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 ->
31_E88031_E87F34_F5C831_E881
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_907227_E16E27_E16F
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 ->
91_E9B791_E9B891_E9B991_E9BA91_E9BB91_E9BD91_E9BC
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_EBD081_EBD181_EBD281_EBD381_EBD481_EBD581_EBD681_EBD781_EBD881_EBD981_EBDA81_EBDB81_EBDC
U+22847 gū

* 拼音gū。胆怯

(translated) timid

U+2CA1A

* 金文隶定字， 同"台"

(translated) Clerical script form of bronze script; same as "台"

U+26439 shēn

* 拼音shén。[～～]羽毛丰满

(translated) lush plumage

U+8FA4 cí
Variants: 辭

* 同"辭"

words, speech; a sentence, an expression or phrase; a message

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 ->
34_E7D134_E7D234_E7D3
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_EED871_EED671_EED971_EED771_EEDA
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_EC2227_F04B
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 ->
94_EC9571_EED871_EED671_EED971_EED771_EEDA94_EC9794_EC9894_EC9994_EC9A94_EC9B94_EC9C94_EC9D94_EC9E94_EC9F94_ECA094_ECA194_ECA294_ECA3
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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U+2B2C1 xīn

* 拼音xīn。中国人名用字

(translated) Used in Chinese personal names

U+50FB pì
Variants: 𠒱

* 偏，距离中心地区远的。 偏～。～静。～陋。～野。～远。穷乡～壤。 * 不常见的。 冷～。生～。 * 性情古怪，不合群。 孤～。怪～。乖～。～戾。～性

out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox

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 ->
52_F3FB
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_50FB
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 ->
83_ECDF83_ECE083_ECE1
U+20AAE pì
Variants: 廦

* 同"廦"

(translated) Same as "廦"

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_E7F1
U+27C4F yì
Variants: 豙

* 猪发怒，毛竖起。 * 删夷；剔除

(translated) pig getting angry, with hair standing on end; remove; eliminate

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 ->
33_E80733_E808
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_F0D3
U+23618 shēn zhēn
Variants: 榛

* 拼音shēn。 * 床前的横木。 * 箦版

(translated) horizontal wood at the foot of a bed; bed board

U+3C70 zǎi

* 拼音zǎi。灭

to destroy; to ruin, to put off

U+2BECF pì

* 拼音pì。中国人名用字

(translated) Pinyin pì; Used in Chinese personal names

U+6FBC pì

* 〔洴～〕见"洴"

bleach; wash, clean

U+26D6E
Variants: 薛

* 同"薛"

(translated) same as "薛"

U+25EEE cuì

* 疑同"粹"。 * 拼音cuì。 * 粉～

(translated) variant of "粹" (pure; refined); powdered; fine

U+2C8B9

* 金文隶定字， 同"辭"。 字見《殷周金文集成引得》516 頁。 * 金文原形字 出自《殷周金文集成》 第9735器銘文中

(translated) Li-script form in bronze inscriptions; Same as "辭"; Original form in bronze inscriptions

U+92C5 xīn zǐ
Variants: 釨 锌

* 见"锌"

zincum

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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U+20F7F gū
Variants: 呱

* 同"呱"。小儿啼哭声

(translated) Same as "呱"; baby"s crying sound

U+8FA2 là
Variants: 瘌 辣

* 同"辣"

bitter, pungent, acrid

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 ->
85_EE1A
U+567C pī

* 〔～啪〕象声词，形容爆裂或拍打的声音，如"～～的枪声"。 * 〔～里啪啦〕象声词，形容爆裂或拍打的连续声音

sound; (Cant.) a child"s buttocks

100 𡟭
U+217ED chái

* 拼音chái。[娃～] 媚貌

(translated) alluring looks; charming appearance

101 𬁪
U+2C06A

* 金文隶定字。 義不詳。字見《 殷周金文集成引得》623頁。 * 金文原形字 出自《殷周金文集成》 第4831器銘文中

(translated) Clerical script form of bronze script; meaning unknown; original form of bronze script