* 拼音hāo。猪名
(translated) pig name
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口 * 粤语jī
(translated) Cantonese pronunciation: jī
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 拼音jí。 * 病。 * [疲] 同"疲極"
(translated) disease; tired; same as "exhausted"
* 对事物的偏爱成为习惯。 ～习。～好（ hào ）。～性。～爱。～痼（久治不愈的疾病）。洁～。 * 中医指饮水不消的病。 * 古同""，痞块
craving, weakness for; indigestion
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 ->
* 大石，纡回层迭的山石。 ～石（厚而大的石头）。～互（交相勾连）。～辟（退缩回旋）。～礴（壮大；雄伟）。 * 古同""，盘桓
large rock, boulder; firm
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 ->
* 拼音bān。 * 石头上的班纹。 * 石铺貌
(same as standard form 斑) speckles; spots; mottles (same as 磐) a massive rock
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音cù。〖碌～〗 石地不平貌
rugged land of sand and pebble; poor and barren (of land) (same as 鏃) the barb of an arrow, arrowhead; the head of a javelin
* 拼音yī。黑色美石
a fine black stone
* 拼音xuàn。 * 拱券， 建筑物成弧形的部分。 * 用钢筋混凝土制成的拱形支架。 * 用砖、 石等材料砌成的建筑物的弧形部分
(translated) arch vault; the arc-shaped part of a building; arch-shaped support made of reinforced concrete; the arc-shaped part of a building built with brick, stone, etc
* 古同""
(translated) Same as ""
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 ->
* 灶。 * 古同""："楚王卧而～，得吴王湛卢之剑。"
(translated) stove; anciently same as "" ("wake up")
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 同""
Semantic variant of 壽: old age, long life; lifespan
* 〈方〉用耖平整土地
a kind of farm tool made of twisted thron strips used to flaten the land
* 读音호 人名用字
(translated) Korean reading: ho; Used in personal names
* 古同""
(translated) ancient form of ""
hào:* 名稱。 國～。年～。字～。 * 舊指名和字以外的別號。 如"李白字太白，～青蓮居士"。 * 記號，標誌。 信～。暗號。 * 排定的次序或等級。 編～。～碼。 * 揚言，宣稱。 ～稱。項羽兵四十萬，～百萬。 * 指某種人員。 病～。傷～。 * 標上記號。 ～房子。把這件東西～上。 * 號令，命令。 發號施～令。～召。 * 軍隊或樂隊裏所用的西式喇叭。 吹～。～兵。 * 量詞，用於人數。 昨天去了幾十～人。 háo:* 拖長聲音大聲呼叫。 呼～。～叫。 * 大聲哭。 哀～。～喪。～啕大哭
mark, sign; symbol; number
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 读音ji， 人名用字
(translated) Pronounced ji; Used in personal names
* 裹小兒用的衣被
(translated) Swaddling clothes and blankets for infants
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 ->
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 ->
* 读音선 人名用字。安～ 中
(translated) Pronounced as xuān; Used in personal names, for example in 安~ 中
* 同""。 见《 禅源诸诠集都序》
(translated) Same as to hold in both hands
chì:* 笑。 zhǐ:* 言
(translated) laugh; say
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 ->
* 拼音chì。 * 怒。 * chī怒而大声斥责。 古方言
(translated) anger; to scold loudly in anger (dialect)
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
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 ->
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音yīng。山谷名
(translated) name of a valley
* ỉ母猪
(translated) sow
* 拼音liàn。买东西预付的钱
(translated) Prepayment for goods
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 ->
* 同""。 * 拼音jūn。 * 走
(translated) Same as ""; walk; go
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
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 ->
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 ->
* "" 的类推简化字
(translated) Analogically simplified form of ""
* 疑同""。中国人名用字
(translated) Suspected to be the same as ""; Used in Chinese personal names
* 〔～鵝〕鴻雁
(translated) Wild goose; swan goose
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""; goose
* 鹞类猛禽。亦称"晨风"
hawk; Butastur indicus
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 ->
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 金文隶定字。 人名用字。 字見《 殷周金文集成引得》564頁。 金文原形字出自《殷周金文集成》 第4536器銘文中
(translated) Clerical script form of Bronze script; Used in personal names
* 金文隶定字， 同""。 人名用字
(translated) standardized form of Jinwen script; same as ""; character used in personal names
* 同。 * 拼音fén
(translated) Same as
* 读音ndwk 形容词之后附加成分:～～（ 苦的不得了）
(translated) Pronunciation: ndwk; suffix to adjectives: extremely bitter
* 拼音guī。呼
(translated) guī; hū
* 同""
(translated) Same as decoy
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
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 ->
* 金文隶定字。 名？字見《 殷周金文集成引得》647頁。 金文原形字 出自《 殷周金文集成》第2837 器銘文中
(translated) Lishu standardized form of bronze script; possibly a name
* 拼音yī。呻吟声
(translated) groaning sound
* 拼音shàn。搌～， 展極也
(translated) to extend to the utmost
* 同""。 * 拼音mò。 * 地名用字。《 宣統高要縣志·卷七· 營建篇二·茶亭》：" 大～風雨亭， 在蓮之大～，清· 光緒年間建。"
(translated) Same as ""; Used in geographical names
* 拼音pì。水中陆地
a dry land in a river; an islet, tributary stream; an affluent stream
* 同""
(translated) Same as "smoke"
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Character for Chinese given names
* 金文隶定字， 同""
(translated) Clerical script form of Jinwen, same as ""
* 疑同""
(translated) suspected to be same as "";
* 拼音xún。牛名
(translated) ox name
* 古同""
Alternate form of 鼓: drum; beat, top, strike
sī:* 〔～氏〕中国汉宫苑馆名。 tí:* 〔磄～〕见""
(translated) referring to "磃氏" (sī shì): name of a hall in the palace gardens during the Han Dynasty of China; referring to "磄磃" (táng tí): see ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as "woodworm"
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""; harvesting
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 《四库全书》:《 三月廿五连～登楼晚眺》
(translated) successive
* 《法华开示抄》: 水抄云十宝山者～云引华严经有十山王谓雪山王高山王鞞陀
(translated) Refers to Ten Treasure Mountains; related to the ten mountain kings mentioned in Avatamsaka Sutra, specifically Snow Mountain King, High Mountain King, and Vaitāda
* "" 和"" 的讹字。 * [～驂]， 同"篠骖( 筱骖)"：竹马
(translated) Corrupted form of "" and ""; Same as "篠骖" or "筱骖": bamboo horse
* 金文隶定字。 人名用字。字見《 殷周金文集成引得》750頁。 金文原形字出自《殷周金文集成》 第10546器銘文中
(translated) clerical script form of seal script character; used in personal names
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
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 ->
* 〔茏～〕即"荭草"，一种水草，果入药
(translated) 〔茏～〕: i.e., "荭草" (hóngcǎo), an aquatic plant; its fruit is used medicinally
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""字。 即"" 字
(translated) Same as ""; same as ""
* 读音hitorimushi。 * 向光虫。 飞蛾、甲虫等在光亮处聚集昆虫的总称。 日语又写"火取虫"、" 灯虫"、"火入虫"、" 灯取虫"等
(translated) phototropic insect; general term for insects, such as moths and beetles, that congregate around bright lights; in Japanese, also written as "fire-taking insect", "lamp insect", "fire-entering insect", "lamp-taking insect", etc
* 防守；衛護。 * 衛士；警衛。 * 謀求。 * 邊陲；邊遠的地方。 * 箭杆上的羽毛。 * 中醫名詞。"衞氣"的簡稱。 * 肢體。 * 古代九服之一；也指五服之一。 * 驢的別名。 * 宋代時俗讚美事物之辭。 * 明代軍隊屯田駐防編制名。一般均冠以所在駐地之名，後相沿成地名。如：威海衛。明歸有光 * 清代戶口編制名，以三千戶為一衛。 * 周朝國名。 * 水名。 * 西藏一部分地域的舊稱。 * 姓。 * 通""。劍鼻（劍柄與劍身連接處兩旁突出的部分）
guard, protect, defend
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 安寧，平靜。 ～～（清靜無聲）。安～。靜～。寂～
calm, quiet, still; cautious
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 疑同""。 * 拼音lí。 * 骂
(translated) Doubtfully same as ""; to scold
* 拼音zhǎn。格人言
(translated) Correcting people"s speech
* 拼音qì。走貌。 疑同""
(translated) manner of walking; suspected to be the same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音yī。中国人名用字
(translated) Chinese given name character
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese given names
* 拼音kè。中国人名用字
(translated) Chinese given name character
* 同""
(non-classical form of 駉) in good condition; as a horse
* 鬲类器物
(translated) A type of Geli-like utensil; Geli-like vessel
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 同""
(ancient form of 鬲) a large earthen pot, a large iron cauldron
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 ->
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 ->
* 拼音lì。同""。古代炊器
(translated) same as ""; ancient cooking utensil
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音líng。用刀剖物
(translated) To dissect something with a knife
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 译音用字。 * 〈方〉來，來到。粵語
(Cant.) to come, arrive
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as "", meaning rumbling sound; thunder; (dialect) to scold; to reprimand
* 同"咽2"
swallow, gulp
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 人名用字。 李～
(translated) Used for personal names
jǐng:* 古同""。警示，警告，警醒。 jìng:* 古同""
(translated) ancient form of "", meaning to warn, to caution, to alert; ancient form of ""
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
* 《佛说自誓三昧经》: 时唯勅阿难鸣揵～布草褥唯与阿难共鉢和兰尔时淨居天子于
(translated) Same as 揵; interchangeable with 犍
* 拼音zhù。 * 《永嘉集说文》：" 顺情则嬉怡生爱，违意则～ 怀嗔"。 * [～]： 不高兴，恼恨的意思
(translated) displeased; resentful
* 同""
Semantic variant of 誖: obstinate; disorderly; perverse
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->