gōng:* 准备着东西给需要的人应用。 ~给( jǐ )。~求。~应。~需。~销。提~。~不应求。 gòng:* 奉献。 ~养。~献。~奉。~佛。~职。 * 祭祀用的东西。 ~桌。~品。~果。上~。 * 被审问时在法庭上述说事实。 招~。口~。~状。~认。~词
supply, provide for; offer in worship
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->