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9778 BUtTZ1yt
8801 霖
U+9716 lín
Variants: 淋

* 久下不停的雨。 ～雨。～沥。～～。甘～（ａ．对农作物有利的雨；ｂ．喻恩泽）

long spell of rain, copious rain

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 ->
43_EAA743_EAA8
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_9716
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_F2C3
8802 囌
U+56CC sū
Variants: 苏

* 见"苏"

loquacious; nag

8803 杇
U+6747 wū
Variants: 圬 𢫸 𣑀

* 泥鏝，俗稱瓦刀，泥工塗牆壁的工具。後作"圬"、"釫"。 * 塗飾；粉刷

loquat

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 ->
36_EEB3
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_6747
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_E31294_E60594_E60694_EE77
8804 杷
U+6777 pá bà
Variants: 欛 𣚒

* 〔枇～〕见"枇"

loquat

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_6777
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_E857
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 ->
82_F42D82_F42E82_F42F82_F43082_F431
8805 枇
U+6787 bì bǐ pí
Variants: 匕 朼 枈 篦

* 〔～杷〕ａ．常绿乔木，叶大，长椭圆形，果实球形，黄色，味甜，叶和核可入药；ｂ．这种植物的果实

loquat

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_6787
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_E6D592_E6D692_E6D792_E6D8
8806 媟

* 轻慢："接遇慎容谓之恭，反恭为～。" * 污秽。 淫言～语

lust after, act indecently; lewd

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 ->
43_EDAE43_EDAF43_EDB043_EDB143_EDB243_EDB343_EDB443_EDB543_EDB643_EDB743_EDB843_EDB943_EDBA43_EDBB43_EDBC43_EDBD43_EDBE43_EDBF
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_5A9F
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 ->
84_F5F184_F5F2
8809 燊
U+71CA shēn

* 盛貌；炽盛

luxuriant

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_71CA
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 ->
84_E563
8810 欝
U+6B1D yù
Variants: 鬱

* 同"郁"

luxuriant; dense, thick; moody

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 ->
45_E9CA45_E9CB
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 ->
32_E68932_E68B32_E68A
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_E63371_E634
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_9B31
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 ->
82_F57282_F57382_F57482_F575
8811 鬰
U+9B30 yù
Variants: 鬱 𣡇

* 古同"鬱"。读音是yù。是"鬱"的异体字

luxuriant; dense, thick; moody

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 ->
45_E9CA45_E9CB
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 ->
32_E68932_E68B32_E68A
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_E63371_E634
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_9B31
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 ->
82_F57282_F57382_F57482_F575
8812 鬱

* 叢集茂密。 * 隆盛；繁多。 * 幽深。 * 阻滯；閉塞。 * 蘊結。 * 憂愁；憂鬱。 * 怨恨。 * 暴怒。 * 熱氣。 * 果名。李的一種。 * 神名。南朝梁宗懔 * 高，大。 * 腐臭。 * 鬱金香草。也作"鬱"。 * 水名。古代泛指今廣西壯族自治區的右江、郁江、得江及廣東省的西江。也作"鬱"。 * 古郡名。西漢元鼎六年（西元前111年）置。轄境相當於今廣西壯族自治區除桂林市、賀州市、梧州市及玉林市一部分地區以外的廣大地區。也作"鬱"。 * 姓

luxuriant; dense, thick; moody

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 ->
45_E9CA45_E9CB
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 ->
32_E68932_E68B32_E68A
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_E63371_E634
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_9B31
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_E63371_E63492_E99292_E99492_E993
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 ->
82_F57282_F57382_F57482_F575
8813 機
U+6A5F jī
Variants: 幾 机

* 事物發生的樞紐。 生～。危～。轉（ zhuǎn ）～。契～。 * 對事情成敗有重要關係的中心環節，有保密性質的事件。 軍～。～密。 * 合宜的時候。 ～會。～遇。時～。 * 由許多零作組成可以做功或有特殊作用的裝置和設備。 ～器。～動。～關。 * 有生命的生物體器官的作用。 ～能。有～體。 * 靈活，能迅速適應事物變化的。 ～智。～敏。～巧。～變。 * 指"飛機" 客～。～場。～組

machine; moment, chance

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_6A5F
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_E88892_E88B92_E88C92_E88992_E88D92_E88A
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 ->
82_F45882_F45982_F45A82_F45B82_F45C82_F45D
8814 栋
U+680B dòng
Variants: 棟 𤗗

* 房屋的脊檩，喻能担负重任的人。 ～梁。～宇。画～雕梁。 * 量词，指房屋。 一～房子

main beams supporting house

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_68DF
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 ->
82_F3E8
8815 穆

* 温和；～清（ａ．清平；ｂ．指上天）。～如清风。 * 恭敬：严肃：肃～。静～。 * 古同"默"，沉默。 * 古代宗庙次序，父居左为"昭"，子居右为"穆"。 * 姓

majestic, solemn, reverent; calm

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 ->
44_E27244_E27344_E27444_E275
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 ->
32_F2A032_F29A32_F29C32_F29832_F2A232_F29B32_F29632_F29732_F29D32_F29932_F2A332_F2A134_F30432_F29F32_F29E32_F2A432_F2A532_F2A632_F2AA32_F2A732_F2A832_F2A9
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_EF1C52_EF1D56_F0D956_F0D856_F0DA56_F0DB
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_7A46
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_EFE892_EFED92_EFEF92_EFEE92_EFF092_EFF192_EFF292_EFF392_EFE992_EFEA92_EFEB92_EFEC
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_E45B83_E45C83_E45D83_E45F83_E45E83_E46083_E46183_E46283_E46383_E46483_E46583_E46683_E46783_E46883_E46983_E46A
8816 劘
U+5298 mó
Variants: 靡 𠞥

* 切削。 * 砺；磨："砥石～厉，欲求铦也。" * 摩："君曾西迁为拓本，濡麝割蜜亲～揩。" * 迫近；逼近："气～屈贾垒，日短曹刘墙。" * 规劝；直言劝谏："贾山自下～上。" * 切磋："田子与之游，用诗文学艺相切～。"

make into mince

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_EBFC71_EBFD
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_9761
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 ->
82_E8A4
8817 枲
U+67B2 xǐ
Variants: 䢄 葈 𦂅

* 大麻的雄株，只开雄花，不结果实，称"枲麻"。 * 麻类植物的纤维

male nettle-hemp

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_E49051_E49151_E492
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_E62271_E623
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_67B227_E606
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_E62271_E62392_F17592_F176
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_E62383_E62483_E62583_E62683_E62783_E62883_E62983_E62A
8818 楸
U+6978 qiū
Variants: 橚 櫹

* 落叶乔木，干高叶大，木材质地致密，耐湿，可造船，亦可做器具。 ～局。～枰（棋盘。古代多用楸木做成）

mallotus japonicus, deciduous tre

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_6978
8819 釐

lí:* 治理；处理。 * 改变；改正。 * 分，分开。 * 道理，事物的条理。 * 贪。 * 厘金的略称。"釐金"或称"釐捐"，简称"釐"。 * 量词。长度单位。尺的千分之一。 * 量词。重量单位。两的千分之一。 * 量词。地积单位。亩的百分之一。 * 量词。利率。年利一厘为本金的百分之一；月利一厘为本金的千分之一。 * 微小。 * 通"嫠"。寡妇。 * 春秋楚邑名。故址在今安徽省无为县。 xǐ:* 幸福，吉祥。 * 胙，祭祀用的肉。 lái:* 同"萊"。①草名，即"蔓華"，亦名"蒙華"。②除草。③古国名。在今山东省龙口市东南。 tāi:* 同"邰"。古地名。 lài:* 通"賚"。賜，予

manage, control; 1/1000 of a foot

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_E08A34_E09334_E09134_E08F34_E08B34_E09034_E09234_E09434_E08C34_E08D34_E08E34_E09634_E09534_E09934_E09A34_E09734_E09834_E09B34_E09C34_E09D
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_F58A57_F58B57_F58857_F58957_F58C
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_91D0
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_E61D
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_E6EF85_E6EE85_E6F085_E6F185_E6F285_E6F3
8820 檨
U+2F8EB shē

* 芒果

mango

8821 檨
U+6AA8 shē

* 芒果

mango

8822 杧
U+6767 máng
Variants: 芒 𣙷

* 〔～果〕 常绿乔木，生长在热带。果实也叫杧果，椭圆形，果肉黄色，味美多汁，可食。 又作"芒果"

mango (Mangifera indica)

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_E40A55_E3E055_E3E155_E3E255_E3E355_E3E4
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_8292
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_E449
8823 栲
U+6832 kǎo
Variants: 𣐊 𣑥 𣛖 𥬯

* 〔～栳〕❶一种用竹子或柳条编的盛东西的器具，形状像斗，亦称"笆斗"；❷夸张地形容人或某些动物的头部。 * 常绿乔木，叶长圆状披针形，果实球形，有短刺。木材坚硬，可做船橹、轮轴等。树皮含鞣酸，可制栲胶，又可制染料

mangrove

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 ->
82_F50A82_F50B
8824 糞

* 扫除。 * 屎，大便。从肛门排泄出来的经过消化的食物的渣滓。 * 施肥，使肥沃。 * 肥料。 * 通"分（ fēn ）"。区别；等级

manure, dung, night soil

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 ->
42_E2F842_E2F942_E2F342_E2F442_E2F542_E2F642_E2F7
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_E3E971_E3EA
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_7CDE
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_E3E971_E3EA91_F5B791_F5B8
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 ->
82_E4D482_E4D582_E4D682_E4D782_E4D882_E4D982_E4DA
8825 粪

* 屎。 ～便。～坑。～土。 * 施肥。 ～地。～田。 * 扫除。 ～除

manure, dung, shit, excrement, night soil

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 ->
42_E2F842_E2F942_E2F342_E2F442_E2F542_E2F642_E2F7
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_E3E971_E3EA
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_7CDE
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 ->
82_E4D482_E4D582_E4D682_E4D782_E4D882_E4D982_E4DA
8826 㵩
U+3D69 yì
Variants: 渫 𦺁

* 拼音yì。烝葱

many; flourishing; luxuriant growth (of vegetation)

8827 槭
U+69ED sè qī cù
Variants: 㰗 摵

qì:* 落叶小乔木，树干平滑，叶对生，掌状分裂，秋季变为红色或黄色。花黄绿色，结翅果，能借风力散布种子。木材可做器具。 sè:* 树枝光秃的样子，树叶凋落："庭树～以洒落兮"

maple

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_69ED
8828 枫
U+67AB fēng
Variants: 楓

* 落叶乔木，春季开花，叶互生，通常三裂，边缘有锯齿，秋季变成红色，树脂可入药，亦称"枫香树"

maple tree

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_6953
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 ->
82_F314
8829 楓
U+6953 fēng
Variants: 杋 枫 檒

* 落葉喬木，春季開花，葉互生，通常三裂，邊緣有鋸齒，秋季變成紅色，樹脂可入藥，亦稱"楓香樹"

maple tree

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_6953
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 ->
82_F314
8830 漤
U+6F24 lǎn
Variants: 濫 灠

* 把柿子放在热水或石灰水里泡几天，去掉涩味。 这柿子是～过的，不涩。 * 用盐腌一下青菜等，使去掉生味

marinate in salt

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_6FEB
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 ->
84_EB6084_EB61
8831 剺

* 割；划开

mark

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_527A
8832 标

* 树木的末端，引申为表面的，非根本的。 ～本。治～不治本。 * 记号。 商～。路～。～记。～志。～尺。～语。 * 用文字或其他事物表明。 ～明。～题。～价。～榜（原为揭示、表明；后引申为宣扬、吹嘘）。 * 给竞赛优胜者的奖品，亦指优胜。 锦～。夺～。 * 对一项工程或一批货物，依照一定的标准，提出价目，然后由竞争厂商选择，决定成交与否。 投～。招～。 * 准的（ dì ），榜样。 目～。～领（杰出人物）。 * 风度，格调。 ～格。 * 中国清末陆军编制的名称，约相当于后来的一个团；亦用作计量军队的单位。 一～人马。～下（➊总督、巡抚、提督等称归自己管辖的军队；➋下级武官对长官的自称）

mark, symbol, label, sign; stand the bole of a tree

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_E49556_EAB7
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_6A19
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 ->
82_F38E82_F38F82_F39082_F39182_F392
8833 薮
U+85AE sǒu
Variants: 藪 𡾄

* 生长着很多草的湖泽。 ～泽。 * 人或物聚集的地方。 渊～。 * 指民间、草野。 辞朝（ cháo ）归～。 * 古同"搜"，搜求

marsh, swamp; wild country

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_85EA
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_E47B
8834 桅
U+6845 wéi

* 竖立于船的甲板上的长杆，用来挂帆悬旗或兼做吊杆柱等。 ～杆。～樯（桅杆）。船～

mast of ship

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_6845
8835 樯

* 帆船上挂风帆的桅杆，引申为帆船或帆。 帆～林立。～倾楫摧

mast, yard-arm, boom

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 ->
82_F552
8836 檣

* 见"樯"

mast, yard-arm, boom

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 ->
82_F552
8837 材
U+6750 cái
Variants: 扐

* 木料，泛指一切原料或资料。 ～料。教（ jiào ）～。素～。题～。就地取～。 * 能力，资质。 ～干（ gàn ）。大～小用。因～施教（ jiào ）。 * 棺木。 寿～

material, stuff; timber; talent

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_EAC156_EAC256_EAC356_EAC456_EAC556_EAC6
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_E5F471_E5F571_E5F671_E5F7
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_6750
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_E5F471_E5F571_E5F671_E5F792_E7E792_E7E892_E7E992_E7EA92_E7EC92_E7EB
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 ->
82_F3C2
8838 䉓
U+4253 léi luò

* 拼音luò。用竹子或木条编成的床垫

mattress made of bamboo strips, bed

8839 䅢
U+4162 jiù
Variants: 䊘

* 拼音jiù。 * 税。 * 稻谷成熟

mature or ripen of the grains (rice; corns; cereals)

8840 䅻
U+417B lí
Variants: 離

* 量詞。禾兩把。 * 同"離"。黍穗下垂貌

measurement; two bundle of grains (same as 離) bend of the ears of the variety of millet (because of the weight of the ears)

8841 枡
U+67A1 dǒu

* 古人名用字

measuring box

8842 䑈
U+4448 bó

* 拼音bó。祭祀用的肉

meat to offer for worship

8843 㭢
U+3B62 xīn

* 拼音xīn。机

mechanics, opportunity, urgent

8844 䕝
U+455D chēng

* 拼音chēng。[巨～] 一种草

medical herb; a second name for sesame

8845 䕝
U+2F9AE chēng

* 拼音chēng。[巨～] 一种草

medical herb; a second name for sesame

8846 鑠
U+9460 lì yuè shuò
Variants: 燿 爍 铄 鬲 𡤤 𨰤 𩟧

* 见"铄"

melt, smelt; shine

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_9460
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_E7E294_E7E394_E7E4
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_E877
8847 粎
U+7C8E chǐ

* mǐ ㄇㄧˇ 公制长度单位（"米"的旧译）。 英语 metre

metre

8848 穈
U+7A48 mén méi
Variants: 𢋟 𢌑 𥡹

mén:* 谷的一种，初生时叶纯赤，生三四叶后，赤青相间，七八叶后，色始纯青。 méi:* 穈粥。 * 古同"𪎭"

millet

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_F0CE92_F0CF93_E65A
8849 秠
U+79E0 pī
Variants: 𥝣 𥞶

* 古书上说的一种黑黍，一壳二米。 * 谷皮

millet

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_79E0
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_E492
8850 粍
U+7C8D lí

* zhé ㄓㄜˊ 公制长度单位（"毫米"――千分之一米的略写mm的旧译）。 英语 mm

millimetre

8851 僳
U+50F3 sù

* 〔傈～族〕见"傈"

minority name

8852 㠨
U+3828 yù

* 拼音yù。山烟貌

misty mountain

8853 襍
U+894D zá
Variants: 雜

* 同"杂"

mixed, blended; mix, mingle

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_E94671_E94771_E94871_E949
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_96DC
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_E16B93_E16C93_E16D93_E16E93_E16F93_E17193_E17071_E94671_E94771_E94871_E94993_E16993_E16A
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_EF8B83_EF8C
8854 䊃
U+4283 pèi

* 拼音pèi。古代用以和羹的米粉

mixing rice with broth, a grain of rice

8855 噢
U+5662 yǔ

* 同"喔"

moan; interjection for pain, sad

8856 楷
U+6977 kǎi jiē
Variants: 𣒉 𣗀

kǎi:* 法式，模范。 ～模。～范。～则。～式。 * 汉字的一种书体。 ～书。正～。小～。～体。 jiē:* 落叶乔木，木材可制器具，种子可榨油，树皮和叶子可制栲胶。亦称"黄连木"

model style of Chinese writing

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 ->
32_EA3432_EA3632_EA3332_EA3832_EA3732_EA3532_EA3C32_EA3D32_EA3B32_EA3A32_EA39
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_6977
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_E6AA92_E6AB
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 ->
82_F2DB82_F2DC
8857 模

mó:* 法式，规范，标准。 ～范。～式。楷～。～型。～本。～压。 * 仿效。 ～仿（亦作"摹仿"）。～拟（亦作"摹拟"）。～写。 * 特指"模范" 劳～。英～。 mú:* 〔～样〕➊人的长相或装束打扮的样子；➋表示约略的时间、怎么办；➌描摹。 * 用压制或浇注的方法使材料成为一定形状的工具。 ～子。～板。～具

model, standard, pattern; copy

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_6A21
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_E80292_E803
8858 榫
U+69AB sǔn
Variants: 㔼 笋 筍 𢲜

* 器物两部分利用凹凸相接的凸出的部分。 ～子。～卯

mortise and tenon; fit into

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_F821
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_E95B
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 ->
82_E94582_E94682_E94782_E94882_E94982_E94A82_E94B82_E94C82_E94D
8860 嬷
U+5B37 mā
Variants: 嬤 𡣥

* 〔～～〕ａ．旧时称奶妈；ｂ．称呼老年妇女（后一个"嬷"均读轻声）

mother

8861 嵆
U+5D46 jī
Variants: 嵇

* 古同"嵇"

mountain in Henan; 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_5D47
8862 嵇
U+5D47 xí jī
Variants: 嵆

* 山名。参见"嵇山"。 * 姓

mountain in Henan; 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_5D47
8863 崃
U+5D03 lái
Variants: 崍

* [～山]即邛崃山，又名邛莋、高山

mountain in Sichuan province

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_F6BE
8864 墚
U+589A liáng

* 中国西北地区称条状的黄土山岗，顶较平，四周较陡

mountain range

8865 𨺹
U+28EB9 jiāo
Variants: 湫

* 同"湫"

mournful, narrow; used for U+6E6B 湫

8866 檿
U+6ABF yǎn
Variants: 𣝓

* 〔～桑〕落叶乔木，叶互生，内皮可做纸，木材坚韧，可做弓、车辕

mulberry

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_E4E8
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 ->
82_F32782_F328
8867 桑
U+6851 sāng
Variants: 桒 槡 𠭌 𠭨 𣕐

* 落叶灌木，叶子可以喂蚕，果穗味甜可食，木材可制家具或农具，皮可造纸，叶、果均可入药。中国大部分地区都有种植。 ～葚。～农。～梓（喻乡里，故乡）。沧海～田（形容世事变迁很大）。～榆暮景。 * 姓

mulberry tree; surname

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 ->
42_EBA242_EBA342_EBA442_EBA5
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_E7CF51_E7D051_E7D156_EBED56_EBEB56_EBEC56_EBEA56_EBEE56_EBEF
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_E63971_E63A
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_6851
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_E63971_E63A92_E9AB92_E9AC92_E9AD92_E9AF92_E9B092_E9AE
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 ->
82_F5C682_F5C782_F5C8
8868 楮
U+696E chǔ zhū
Variants: 柠 櫧

* 落叶乔木，树皮是制造桑皮纸和宣纸的原料。 * 纸的代称。 ～币。～钱（旧俗祭祀时焚烧）

mulberry; paper

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_F347
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_E51E
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_E5D6
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_696E27_E4E6
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_E5D692_E71C92_E71D92_E71E
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 ->
82_F31F
8869 麕
U+9E95 jūn qún
Variants: 麇 𪊦 𪊽

* 同"麋"

muntjac deer, hornless river deer

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 ->
43_E44543_E44643_E447
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_E8F2
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_E34757_E348
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_9E8727_E841
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 ->
84_E26884_E26984_E26A
8870 菌
U+83CC jūn jùn
Variants: 蔨

jūn:* 低等植物的一大类，不开花，没有茎和叶子，不含叶绿素，不能自己制造养料，过寄生生活，种类繁多。 细～。真～。病～。～肥。 jùn:* 即"蕈"

mushroom; germ, microbe

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_83CC
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_E404
8871 菌
U+2F9A2 jūn jùn
Variants: 蔨

jūn:* 低等植物的一大类，不开花，没有茎和叶子，不含叶绿素，不能自己制造养料，过寄生生活，种类繁多。 细～。真～。病～。～肥。 jùn:* 即"蕈"

mushroom; germ, microbe

8872 相
U+76F8 xiàng xiāng
Variants: 伒 𥄢

xiāng:* 交互，行为动作由双方来。 互～。～等。～同。～识。～传（ chuán ）。～符。～继。～间（ jiàn ）。～形见绌。～得益彰（两者互相配合，更加显出双方的长处）。 * 动作由一方来而有一定对象的。 ～信。～烦。～问。 * 亲自看（是否中意） ～亲。～中（ zhòng ）。 * 姓。 xiàng:* 容貌，样子。 ～貌。照～。凶～。可怜～。 * 物体的外观。 月～。金～。 * 察看，判断。 ～面。～术（指观察相貌，预言命运好坏的方术）。 * 辅助，亦指辅佐的人，古代特指最高的官。 辅～。宰～。首～。 * 某些国家的官名，相当于中央政府的部长。 * 交流电路中的一个组成部分。 * 同一物质的某种物理、化学状态。 ～态。水蒸气、水、冰是三个～。 * 作正弦变化的物理量，在某一时刻（或某一位置）的状态可用一个数值来确定，这种数值称"相位"。亦称"相角"。 * 姓

mutual, reciprocal, each other

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 ->
41_F49041_F49141_F49241_F493
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_F3A831_F3A932_EA2D31_F3AA31_F3AB31_F3AC
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_F36C51_F36D51_F36E51_F36B51_F36651_F36751_F36851_F36951_F36A55_F4FE55_F4FC55_F4FD55_F4FF55_F50155_F51555_F50255_F50355_F50455_F50055_F50655_F50755_F50855_F50555_F50955_F51655_F50A55_F50B55_F50C55_F51355_F51255_F50D55_F50E55_F50F55_F51055_F51155_F51755_F51458_E47358_E47255_F51855_F519
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_E38471_E383
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_76F8
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_F39C91_F39E91_F3A471_E38471_E38391_F39F91_F3A091_F3A191_F3A591_F3A691_F3A291_F3A3
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 ->
82_E12182_E12282_E12382_E12482_E12582_E12682_E12782_E12882_E12982_E12A82_E12B
8873 奥
U+5965 ào yù
Variants: 奧 𡪃 𡪿 𥨩 𦼣

ào:* 含义深，不易理解。 深～。～妙。～秘。～旨。 * 室内的西南角，泛指房屋及其他深处隐蔽的地方。 堂～。经堂入～。 * 姓。 yù:* 浊。 * 同"燠"，暧

mysterious, obscure, profound

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_5967
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_E6B383_E6B483_E6B583_E6B683_E6B7
8874 奧

ào:* 含義深，不易理解。 深～。～妙。～祕。～旨。 * 室內的西南角，泛指房屋及其他深處隱蔽的地方。 堂～。經堂入～。 * 姓。 yù:* 濁。 * 同"燠"，曖

mysterious, obscure, profound

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_5967
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_F1C992_F1CA92_F1CB92_F1C8
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_E6B383_E6B483_E6B583_E6B683_E6B7
8875 桪
U+686A xún xín
Variants: 樳

* 传说中的一种似槐的大树

mythical giant tree

8876 喋
U+558B zhá dié
Variants: 啑 𠴬 𠿚

dié:* 〔～～〕啰唆，语言烦琐，如"～～不休。" * 〔～血〕血流满地，形容杀人多，如"～～沙场"。 zhá:* 〔～呷〕形容成群的鱼、水鸟吃东西的声音

nag; chatter, babble, twitter

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_E7C6
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_E918
8877 桐
U+6850 tóng
Variants: 𣑸

* 〔泡（ pāo ）～〕落叶乔木，叶大，开白色或紫色花，木材可做琴、船、箱等物。 * 〔梧～〕见"梧"

name applied various trees

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 ->
42_EB11
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 ->
32_E96632_E96532_E967
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_E52056_EA8956_EA8A56_EA8B
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_E5D9
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_6850
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_E5D992_E73B92_E73C92_E73D92_E73E
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 ->
82_F33582_F33682_F33782_F33882_F339
8878 㰛
U+3C1B yuè
Variants: 櫟 𣟿

* 同"栎"。 * 拼音yuè。 * [～阳] 地名

name of a county

8879 㭹
U+3B79 xián
Variants: 㡉 𢮂

* 同"㡉"

name of a county in today"s Shandong Province, a kind of fabric produced in Donglai

8880 亃
U+4E83 lǐn lìn
Variants: 𠄈 𦧾

lǐn:* 忧愁；烦忧。 lìn:* 古书上说的一种兽名黄身白尾

name of a kind of animal

8881 𣜮
U+2372E lín

* 古书上记载的传说中的树名，叶似榆，果似枣

name of a legendary tree (described in ancient texts as having leaves like elm and fruit like dates)

8882 㟳
U+37F3 lì
Variants: 𦞰

* 拼音lì。山名

name of a mountain

8883 㟀
U+37C0 lián

* 拼音lián。地名

name of a mountain

8884 㭡
U+3B61 xìn xì

* 拼音xìn。织布机的机件之一， 形状象梳子，用于确定经线的密度， 保持经线的位置，性烧坚且脆， 极滑净

name of a mountain, a component parts of a loom

8885 嵖
U+5D56 chá

* 〔～岈〕a。嵯峨、高峻的样子；b。山名，在中国河南省

name of a mountain; (Cant.) to obstruct

8886 㭝
U+3B5D qiú
Variants: 𣓕

* 拼音qiú。 * 亭名。 * 荆

name of a pavilion, in Xinshi, name of a place in Jingling

8887 㱈
U+3C48 jìn

* 拼音jìn。人名

name of a person

8888 䣋
U+48CB cǎi

* 拼音cǎi。地名

name of a place

8889 䄼
U+413C tiǎn

* 拼音tiǎn。古地名

name of a place in ancient times

8890 䣛
U+48DB qī
Variants: 膝 𨞢

* 拼音qī。古地名

name of a place in ancient times, (same as 5380 膝) the knee

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 ->
32_EE58
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_E57D
8891 㴪
U+3D2A niè

* 同"𣽍"。 * 拼音niè。 * 水见

name of a river

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 ->
43_E94D43_E94E43_E94F43_E950
8892 㳵
U+3CF5 jì

* 同"浮"。 * 拼音jì。 * 水名

name of a river

8893 淞
U+6DDE sòng sōng

* 〔～江〕水名，发源于中国太湖，东流至上海市与黄浦江合流入海；亦称"吴淞江"、"苏州河"

name of a river in Jiangsu

8894 䜯
U+472F jú

* 拼音jú。山谷名， 在今山西省平定县

name of a valley in today"s Shanxi Province

8895 䈖
U+4216 kē

* 拼音kē。竹名

name of a variety of bamboo

8896 䈢
U+4222 sǎi
Variants: 箈 𥯲

* 拼音dài。竹名

name of a variety of bamboo, a thin and long strip of bamboo form making basket

8897 䉫
U+426B lí

* 同"𥲧"，竹名

name of a variety of bamboo; used as a musical instrument

8898 䊮
U+42AE dí zhé zhè
Variants: 𥣞

* 谷名

name of a variety of grain

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_EF5152_EF5252_EF5352_EF5556_F11852_EF54
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_F0C6
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_F13992_F13A92_F13B
8899 䔁
U+4501 lì

* 拼音lì。一种草

name of a variety of grass

8900 䕈
U+4548 xiè
Variants: 屧 𦺯 𦼶

* 拼音xiè。 * 一种草。 * 同"屧"。木鞋的垫子

name of a variety of grass, (same as U+5C5F 屧) the wooden sole of a shoe

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_F0C283_F0C383_F0C483_F0C583_F0C6
8901 䒩
U+44A9 hé xiá
Variants: 萂

* 拼音hé。一种草

name of a variety of grass, (same as 莫) not

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_E54D