* 读音thia， 渗透
(translated) permeate
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口 * 同""
(translated) Same as 影
* 谐和，调和。 ～理。调（ tiáo ）～
harmonize, blend; adjust
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 ->
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""
spacious; capacious, sound (of the house), a picture (on silk) scroll
* 同""
Semantic variant of 筍: bamboo shoot; joint; tendon
* 古同""
(translated) Anciently, 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lǔ。豆名
(translated) name of a bean;
* 同""
(translated) Same as character ""
* 拼音jiān。象声字
(translated) Onomatopoeic character, pronounced as "jiān"
* 读音hằm 愤怒
(translated) Pronounced hằm; angry
* 〔～～〕水流声，如"（水流）～～之声与耳谋。"
(translated) onomatopoeia for the sound of flowing water
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 used in Chinese given names
* 拼音zhēng。[～仍] 语烦
(translated) verbose; talkative and annoying
* 同""。 * 拼音chī 对人家的提问不知道作答。吴语
to jest; to joke; to quip (same as 誺) unintelligible answering
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 ->
* 〔霟～〕见""
(translated) See 霟
* 同""
(translated) same as 霅; name of a river in Zhejiang province, China
* 同""
Semantic variant of 燮: harmonize, blend; adjust
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 ->
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""。 * 拼音yān。 * yē
(same as 捗) to swallow; to gulp, to be choked with food, (same as 諲) respectful; venerable
* 同""。 * 拼音hūn。 * wěn
(same as 吻) the lip, the tone of one"s speech, to kiss; a kiss
* 拼音gé。 * [～噊] 鸟叫声。 * 《八辅》 第25区， 第90字
sound of the ringed pheasant, cackling of fowls, (same as 嗝) to gag, to vomit, (a dialect) an auxiliary verb (almost same as 的)
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 ""
* 疑同""。 * 拼音huàn
(translated) Same as 唤
* 拼音wèn。中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 《八辅》 第31区， 第75字
(translated) Character No. 75 in Section 31 of 《Ba Fu》
dāng:* 對等；相當。如：旗鼓相當；門當戶對。 * 對著；向著。 * 引申為匹配。 * 擔任；充當。 * 承擔；承受。如：當之無愧。 * 主持；執掌。 * 遮蔽；阻擋；把守。 * 抵敵；抵抗。 * 判處。 * 應該；應當。 * 值；遇到。 * 本。 * 如同；好像。 * 過去；已往。唐李商隱 * 盛壯。 * 空當；空隙。如。 插當；這裡還留著一個當子。 * 量詞。相當於""、""。苏曼殊 * 副詞。相當於""、""。 * 副詞。相當於""、"將要"。 * 副詞。相當於"必定"。 * 副詞。相當於""。 * 副詞。相當於""、""。 * 副詞。相當於""。 * 副詞。相當於"方才"。 * 副詞。相當於""。 * 介詞。介紹時間或處所，相當於""。 * 介詞。介紹事物的起止，相當於""、""。唐陳鴻 * 介詞。介紹事物的物件，相當於""、"對於"。 * 連詞。表示承接關係，相當於""。 * 連詞。表示假設關係，相當於""、"假如"。 * 助詞。相當於""。唐姚合 * 象聲詞。也作""。如：丁當。宋陳師道 * 古州名。故地在今四川省松潘縣境。 * 背心。後作""。 * 通""。①曾經。 * 姓。 dàng:* 主領；典領。 * 適合；恰當；順當。 * 順應。三國魏曹植 * 當作；算是。 * 抵押。 * 當鋪。清翟灝 * 指事情發生的那個時候或地方。 * 中；中正。 * 器物的底部或頭部。 * 通""偏私。 dang:* 尾碼。龙潜庵
bear, accept, undertake; just
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音wǒ。[～砈] 石貌
rocks; stones (same as 顆) a drop; a grain; a bead
* 同""
(translated) Same as call
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
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""
Semantic variant of 量: measure, quantity, capacity
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 ->
* 见""
village of twenty-five families
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 ->
* "" 的类推简化字
a small sturgeon found in the Yangzi; catfish
* 拼音mǔ 又读yīngmǔ。 * 英国土地面积单位， 今写作"英亩"
(translated) Pronounced as mǔ, also yīngmǔ; British unit of land area, now written as "英亩" (acre)
* 金文隶定字， 同""。 字见《殷周金文集成引得》1295 頁
(translated) Same as "", meaning "space"; "universe"
* 同""
(translated) Same as son-in-law
* 拼音qún。人名用字
(translated) Used in personal names
* 拼音huí
(translated) Pronounced as huí
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音cāng。中国人名用字
(translated) Chinese given name character
* 同""。中国人名用字
(translated) Same as ""; Used in Chinese personal names
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used for Chinese personal names
* 木石做成的捣米器具。 ～房（舂米的作坊）
pestle
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 ->
* 痴不能听
(translated) Unable to hear due to foolishness
gé:* 蛴螬，金龟子的幼虫。 luò:* 〔～〕一种虫，即"纺织娘"。亦称"莎鸡"
(translated) grubs, larva of scarab beetle; as in [～] an insect, specifically "纺织娘", also called "莎鸡"
* 拼音rú。[～ 子]蝉
(translated) cicada
* 同""。中国人名用字
(translated) Same as ""; Used in Chinese given names
* 姓氏， 疑为"" 或"" 的讹字。 * 同""，见元代剧本《 荆钗记》第二十五出
(translated) Surname, suspected to be a corrupted form of "" or ""; Same as ""
hé:* 河豚。 gě:* 经过加工的鱼类食品
(translated) Pufferfish; Processed fish food
* 〔～～〕丰厚的样子。 * 古同""，吃
(translated) describing the appearance of abundance and richness; anciently same as "", meaning "to eat"
* 类推拼音yàn。 * 粤aǎn/ngaǎn
(translated) Inferred pronunciation is yàn; Cantonese: aǎn/ngaǎn
jiào:* 古同""。 dǎo:* 古通""
(translated) ancient form of "call"; interchangeable with "pray"
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) same as salt
* 同""
Same as ""
* 雅音zào。 * 俗""。 * 等～ 子：等了一會兒。 * 乾、 燥。[枯～] 乾燥。～： 口乾
(translated) Literary pronunciation *zào*; Non-classical form of ""; Used in "等𣋝子" (děng zào zi), meaning "wait a while"; Dry; Arid; e.g., "arid" [枯𣋝]; "dry mouth"
* 同""
pillar, cryptomeria
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 "disaster"
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 ->
* 小狗："鹦鹉饥乱鸣，娇～睡犹怒。"
Acquired from 㹻: (same as 㹻) puppy, of dog tribe
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""。和氏壁的和
(translated) Same as 和
* 视睰
(translated) to look; to view
* 同""
(translated) same as 愕
* 拼音gāo 斜着眼看。闽语
(translated) to look askance; in Min dialect
* dùn ㄉㄨㄣˋ 义未详
(translated) Meaning unknown
* 同""
(translated) Same as naked barley
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báo。一种质厚而坚硬的粗大竹子， 可作栋梁
name of a variety of bamboo, a woven tool
jī:* 把麻析成缕连接起来。 ～麻。 * 搜捕，捉拿。 ～访。～私。～捕。通～。侦～。 * 同""，收集。 qī:* 一种缝纫方法，一针对一针地缝。 ～鞋口。～边儿
to sew in close stitches
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 存放已久的油脂。 * 用油脂浸渍皮革
(translated) Stored grease; To grease leather
* 〔～蚣〕节肢动物，由许多环节构成，每节有脚一对，头部的脚像钩子，能分泌毒液，捕食小虫，中医入药
centipede
* 同""
(translated) same as 蛣
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 一种大贝
(translated) A large shellfish
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 ->
* 日语读音Denshin。 * 日语" 电信"的略字， 意为电报
(translated) Japanese pronunciation is Denshin; abbreviated form of Japanese "电信" (telecommunications), meaning telegraph
* 读音でんしん " 電信"合字
(translated) pronounced as "denshin"; ligature of "電信"
* 人名用字
(translated) Used for given names
* 拼音lìn。 * 难。 * 贪
(translated) difficult; greedy
* 同""
(translated) variant of ""
无释义
No definition given
* 读音lần[～]蹑足潜踪
(translated) sneak; move stealthily
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 古同""
Semantic variant of 邦: nation, country, state
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 ->
* 疑为韩国音译字。 读音gap
(translated) Suspected to be a Korean transliterated character; pronounced as gap
hé:* 全；总共。 * 闭合。 gé:* 大门旁的小门。 * 宫中小门。 * 用同""
small side door; chamber
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 ->
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 ->
* "" 的类推简化字
(translated) Simplified form of "" by analogy
* "" 的类推简化字
(translated) Analogous simplified form of ""
* 同""
(variant of U+5EB8 庸) usual, common; to use
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) Same as 若
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jiāng。中国人名用字
(translated) used in Chinese personal names
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 粤音sá。 * 挥手告别
(translated) Cantonese "sá"; to wave goodbye
* 同""
(translated) same as laugh
* 同""。 见《 大方等大集经》
(translated) Same as ""
* 喉咙。 ～子。 * 发音器官的声带及发出的声音。 ～音。哑～
voice; throat
* 〈方〉搞；弄。西南官话。 * 〈方〉极力戏说。西南官话
(translated) dialectal: to do; to manage; to tease intensely; to jest intensely
* 辨別滋味。通""。 * 試探﹑試驗。 * 經歷。如："艱苦備嘗"﹑"飽嘗戰禍"。 * 曾經。 * 古代秋天的祭祀之一。 * 姓。如秦代有嘗頞
taste; experience, experiment
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""
(Cant.) sound of eating (onomatopoetic)
* 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 ->