* 衣袖："掎裳连～。"
"kimono" sleeve
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* 方言，痣
(Cant.) a mole (on the skin)
zí:* 茅芽。 * 草木生貌。 jú:* 古同"蘜"
(Cant.) classifier for hair
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 ->
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 ->
* 古同"垡"。 * 尘。 * 古地名
(Cant.) classifier for soft masses
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 ->
* 〔塕（ wěng ）～〕尘土飞扬
(Cant.) classifier for walls
* 尘土。 * 尘土随风扬起
(Cant.) classifier for walls; covered (with dust); to scatter (like dust)
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qǐ。义未详
(Cant.) final particle
* 方言，旁边；附近。 田～。海～。小溪～。 * 器物的边沿。 碗～
(Cant.) halfway
* 同"癦"
(Cant.) mole on skin
* 方言，语气词，相当于"吧" 你唔走～（你不走吧）？
(Cant.) particle implying probability
* 同"隄"
(Cant.) place
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 ->
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 ->
diè:* 佛教咒语用字。 dì:* 方言，用于人称代词后，相当于"们" 我～
(Cant.) plural; adverb
xié:* 〔～里〕方言，哪里，如"伊从～～进去格？"亦作"鞋里"。 hái:* 方言，涩，粗糙。 条脷～（舌头很涩）。呢块板未刨过大～喇（这块木坂没刨过太糙了）
(Cant.) rough; interjection
* 沉淀物；渣滓
(Cant.) sediment, precipitate
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 ->
* 捣，撞："五指之更弹，不若手之一～。" * 割禾声。 * 刺
(Cant.) to beat
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 ->
* 粤语ziu6。 * 同"噍"。有咀嚼和打败的意思
(Cant.) to beat someone up
* 拼音duò。同"墮"
(Cant.) to droop, hang down
kēng:* 撞（钟）。 qiān:* 古同"牵"："～象犀。"
(Cant.) to knock, hit
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 ->
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 ->
jí:* 〔～〕ａ．直怒走；ｂ．直走。 jié:* 〔～〕跳起
(Cant.) to order someone to leave
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 ->
* 粤语zōng
(Cant.) to peek or peep at
* 古同"撑"，支撑。 * 触；撞："（虎）若恃爪牙之利，必昏黑～突。"
(Cant.) to pull open (a drawer)
jú:* 穷。 * 体不伸。唐玄應 qū:* 恭敬。也作"匑"。 qiú:* 同"𧺤"
(Cant.) to suffocate
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 ->
* 类推拼音mái。 * 粤语maài。 * 助词， 表示做完事情
(Cant.) verbal aspect marker for comletion or movement towards
* 鸟类的胃。 * 鸟、兽五脏的总称
(Cant.) 芙胵, the gizzard and liver of domestic fowl
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mò。 * 行走貌。 * 越
(Cant.) 轉灣𧻙角, not straightforward
* 拼音lǎng。 * 江湖边的低洼地。 同"塱"。 * 地名用字： 广东省阳江市阳春市中～圩（ 镇），广东省阳江市江城区～ 寮（村）
(a dialect) low-lying (ground) on the side of a river or lake, (a variant 塱) name of a place in Guangdong
* 拼音sù。姓
(a simplified form)
* 同"儓"。 * 拼音tái
(a variant of 儓) a servant
* 同"阱"
(a variant of 阱) to fall into a well, a pit; a pitfall; a hole; a gully, to involve; to entrap
* 同"臺"。 * 拼音tái
(ancient and corrupted form of U+81FA 臺) a lookout, a tower, a terrace, a platform, a stage
* 同"垠"
(ancient form of 垠) a bank; a boundary
* 拼音táng。古地名， 在今江苏省南京
(ancient form of 堂) a hall, an office; a reception room, a court of justice
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"惠"。 * 拼音huì
(ancient form of 惠) to benefit; to profit; to favor, kind; benevolent; gracious; gentle
* 同"桀"
(ancient form of 桀) a hen-roost, cruel, the last ruler of the Xia Dynasty
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"臺"
(ancient form of 臺) a lookout, a tower, a terrace, a platform; a stage
* 同"䞜"
(corrupted and non-classical form) to reach; to arrive, (same as 仆) to fall; to prostrate
* "𨫔"的訛字
(corrupted form) a whip, a farm tool used to regulate seedling and to weed
* 同"㙙"
(corrupted form) to smear; to spread, to paint, to blot out, mud; mire, ignorant (said of a child) innocent
* 同"㙙"
(corrupted form) to smear; to spread, to paint, to blot out, mud; mire, ignorant (said of a child) innocent
* 同"𧽐"。行走艰难
(interchangeable of "蹇") lame; crippled, slow, weak; feeble, difficult; hard
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 ->
* 拼音jiān。紧
(interchangeable 堅) tight; firm; fast; secure; close
* 同"垫"
(interchangeable 墊) to steady by putting something underneath, to shore up; to prop
* 拼音qiè。病劣
(interchangeable 怯) to be weakened by disease; weak; feeble, lean; emaciated, illness; disease; sick
* 同"菊"
(interchangeable 菊) flower of the chrysanthemum; chrysanthemun
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 ->
* kuài ㄎㄨㄞˋ 同"塊"。 英语 （ kokuji ） water gate， spout
(kokuji) water gate, spout
* 同"堂"
(large seal type of 堂) a hall; a reception room; a meeting-place, a court of justice
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mò。[～] 视无所见
(literally) to look but see nothing -- absent-minded, to regard as nothing
* 同"䵖"
(non-classical form of 䵖) panicled millet, congee; porridge; rice gruel, ripening of paddy or rice; a harvest
* 同"垐"。 * 拼音cí
(non-classical form of 垐) to spread soil on the road, pave the road with soil, (ancient form of 堲) sickness; illness; disease
* 同"廛"
(non-classical form of 廛) living space for one family in ancient times, ground allotted to a retainer, a shop; a market place
* 同"炱"
(non-classical form of 炱) blackened with soot
* 同"稳"
(non-classical form of 穩) stable; steady; firm, sure; secure
* 同"阔"
(non-classical form of 闊) broad; wide; width
* 同"炜"
(non-classical form of 韓) a fence, name of a star, a small feudal State, old name for Korea
* 同"墣"
(non-classical form 墣) a clod of earth; a lump of earth; a lump
* 同"䫦"
(non-classical form) teethridge; gum; the jaw bone, the skull, the top of the skull
* 同"㗧"
(non-classical form) to scold with loud voice, to talk out of control; loquacious
* 同"寺"。官署名
(same as U+5BFA 寺) a government agency, the court, a eunuch
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 ->
* 古同"埠"，码头
(same as U+5E70 埠) a wharf, dock, jetty; a trading center, port; place name (e.g., 深水埗 in Hong Kong)
* 同"盐"
(same as U+9E7D 鹽) salt
* 同"咬"
(same as U+9F69 咬) to gnaw; to bite
* 同"莊"
(same as non-classical form of 莊) solemn, large farmhouse
* 同"丘"
(same as 丘) a hillock or mound
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"俣"
(same as 俁) of great stature; stalwart, to injure, to grieve
* 同"偫"
(same as 偫) to store up, savings and/or reserves, complete with every; having nothing short; all; the whole
* 同"傏"
(same as 傏) to ward off; to parry; to keep out, as wind, rain, or cold
* 同"儡"
(same as 儡) puppets, very tired; fatigued; weary and weak
* 拼音kuī。 * 中钩。 。 * 同"刲"
(same as 刲) to cut open and clean -- as fish, to kill; to sacrifice, to stab
* 義未詳，疑似為"喳"之異體字
(same as 喳 U+55B3) to chirp; chirp of birds; Meaning unknown
* 同"嚏"
(same as 嚏) to sneeze
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nǐng。[～墥] 蚂蚁做窝时堆在洞口的小土堆
(same as 圢 町) boundary between agricultural lands, (in Japan) a street; a city block, ant hill; formicary, vacant land by the side of a house; a paddock, deer trace; deer track
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"坍"。 * 《八辅》 第19区， 第69字
(same as 坍) to fall into ruins; to collapse
* 同"坐"
(same as 坐) to sit, a seat
* 同"坳"。 * 《八辅》 第19区， 第42字
(same as 坳) a hollow in the ground; a cavity, (same as 物) matter; substance, all living creatures, things in general, the affairs of this world, things or matters outside oneself, others, goods, the Tibetan classical text means Buddha
* 同"坳"
(same as 坳) a hollow in the ground; a cavity, undulating
* 同"保"
(same as 堡) a walled village, an earth-work; a petty military station, subdivision of a township; a ward in a city
* 同"场"
(same as 場) an area of level ground; an open space, a threshing floor, arena for drill, etc. a place, to pile a sand-hills
* 拼音wēi。 * [～] 高低不平。 * 《八辅》 第21区， 第89字
(same as 塊) a lump of earth; a lump, rugged; uneven
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 ->
* 同"塊"
(same as 塊) a lump, a piece of, a fraction
* 同"塞"。 * 拼音sāi。 * 填入
(same as 塞) a cork or stopper; to cork; to seal, to fill up, to block
* 同"塯"
(same as 塯) earthenware; a kind of rice container
* 同"墁"
(same as 墁 鏝) a trowel; a plaster; a trowel for plastering
* 同"壅"
(same as 壅) to stop up; to obstruct
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"垒"
(same as 壘) a military wall, a rampart, to pile up, a pile
* 同"奞"。 * 拼音xùn
(same as 奎) the stride made by a man, name of a star, a kind of tree
* 同"宇"
(same as 宇) the canopy of heaven; space, to cover; to shelter
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 ->
* 同"壆"
(same as 嶨) hills with lots of big rocks
* 同"序"
(same as 序) precedence, order, orderly, the east and west walls of the parlor
* 同"廛"。 * 拼音chán
(same as 廛) living space for one family in ancient times, a store; a shop, a hundred mu (equal to 733.50 square yards) cultivated land
* 同"怯"
(same as 怯) lacking in courage; cowardly, nervous; socially timid; fright
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"恚"
(same as 恚) full of anger and vexation, rage; hatred; to hate; to bear a grudge against; animosity
* 同"咽"。 * 拼音yān。 * yē
(same as 捗) to swallow; to gulp, to be choked with food, (same as 諲) respectful; venerable
* 拼音òu。装敛死者时套在死者手上的一种丧具
(same as 握) in ancient times, article for preparing the body for the coffin (something slip on the hand of the dead)
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"晋"
(same as 晉) to advance; to increase; to flourish
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 ->
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"梐"
(same as 梐) a stockade; a cheval de frise, a pen; a cage
* 同"榛"
(same as 榛) the hazel nut or filbert tree, a thorny tree
* 同"涅"。 * 拼音niè
(same as 涅) to fill up, as a hole, black mud; slime, to stop up; to block; to cork
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"烟"
(same as 煙 捈) smoke; fumes, tobacco; opium; cigarette, mist; vapor
* 同"燬"
(same as 燬) fire; blaze, to destroy by fire; to burn down
* 同"獭"
(same as 獺) an otter
* 同"圻"
(same as 畿) the royal domains set apart in ancient times for the emperor