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 ->
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in QinThe 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 ->
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in QinThe 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 ->
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in QinThe 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 ->
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in QinThe 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 ->
(translated) same as "", "", and ""； to draw a bow； to pull; to tow; to draw; to extend; to stretch; to lengthen; to guide; to lead; to conduct; to invite; to cause, e.g., to cast a brick to attract jade； to hold; to take; to grasp; to seize； to pull out; to extract; to uproot； to select; to promote; to recommend; to nominate; to choose； to quote; to cite; to reference; to use as evidence or reason； to avoid; to retreat; to evade; to withdraw； to contract; to shrink; to constrict; to draw in； to state; to declare; to display; to exhibit; to present； to bear; to undertake; to assume; to accept (responsibility/guilt)； to implicate; to involve; to connect; to entangle； to correct; to demarcate; to define (boundaries)； to struggle for; to contend; to argue; to dispute; to debate； to commit suicide; to take one"s own life； measure word for length; ancient unit of length (ten *zhang* = one *yin*)； ancient certificate representing money or trade permits; ancient unit of weight for trade (e.g., money certificate; tea certificate; salt certificate)； road pass; permit; pass； literary genre (similar to preface, emerged after Tang Dynasty)； form of *yuefu* poetry； musical piece; tune; melody； rope for pulling a hearse (at funerals)； leather strap (on horse belly, for pulling carts, later written as "")
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 ->
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in QinThe 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 ->
(translated) Analogously simplified form of ""; Crack on the skin (due to cold or chapping); Jianghuai Mandarin dialect: [~ zi], e.g., 我脚会裂～ (My feet will get cracks)
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 ->
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 ->
to resist; to hold out, angry, to break up; to split, half step, evil; wicked; mean; vicious
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 QinThe 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 ->
