* 吹声
(translated) sound of blowing
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* 拼音pī。气出声
(translated) sound of exhaling
* 虫鸣声
(translated) sound of insects chirping
* 拼音zī。雨声
(translated) sound of rain;
* 拼音tì。唾声
(translated) sound of spitting
* 拼音ní。 * 声音。 * 和悦
(translated) sound; harmonious and pleasant
* 拼音kuǎn。 * 谈， 说。西南官话。 来你家～白话。 * 表扬。 西南官话。你老丈母最～ 你狠了
(translated) speak, talk. Southwest Mandarin. Example: "Come to your house to have a chat."; praise, commend. Southwest Mandarin. Example: "Your mother-in-law highly praises your ruthlessness."
* 拼音cì。蜘蛛
(translated) spider
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 ->
* 拼音kǎn。动的样子
(translated) state of motion
* 读音xôi 糯米饭
(translated) sticky rice; pronounced "xôi" (Vietnamese)
* 倔强
(translated) stubborn
* 《佛祖历代通载》: 文武皇帝在潜邸～屈至尊请问道要虽其言往复紬绎而独以慈
(translated) subordinate; humble; deferential
* 擁佑藐嬛。 功隆德至。女堯齊～
(translated) support and protect 藐嬛; exalted merit and supreme virtue; comparable to a female Yao
* 拼音xié。屏息、 抑制(呼吸）
(translated) suppress breathing; restrain breathing
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"嶔"。 * 拼音qīn 中国人名用字
(translated) suspected to be same as "嶔"; used in Chinese personal names
* 疑同"𣤨"或"歡"
(translated) suspected to be same as "𣤨" or "歡"
* 疑同"簌"。 * 拼音sù。 * 中国人名用字
(translated) suspected to be the same as "簌"; pinyin sù; used in Chinese personal names
* 疑同"𣣒"
(translated) suspected to be the same as "𣣒"
* 《宋高僧传》: 下安居于九旬或～空息虑于三昧既悬明月之戒亦淨瑠璃之心
(translated) ten days
* 气冒出的样子
(translated) the appearance of gas emerging
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bì。吹
(translated) to blow
* 拼音qiàn。 * 用锄头将泥块挖碎。 * 用锄头翻动细土找( 东西）
(translated) to break up clods of soil with a hoe; to rummage in fine soil for something with a hoe
* 原文：" 曰焚之可矣～再拜恳告曰百岁之后"
(translated) to burn
* 拼音liǎn。(疮口等） 收敛，收拢
(translated) to contract; to close (e.g., of sores)
* 读音xoi。 * 疏通， 疏导。 * 雕刻。 * 打孔
(translated) to dredge; to channel; to carve; to punch a hole
* 拼音yí。饮
(translated) to drink
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"饮"。《古玺彙编· 姓名私玺.2100》："邴～。"《 季木藏陶·0068》："繇䢽夻匋里～。"
(translated) to drink
* 拼音xiào。饮酒尽， 即干杯
(translated) to drink up; cheers
* 读音haq。 哈气，嘘气。[～]嘘气
(translated) to exhale; to blow out
* 〔恭～弓〕钓
(translated) to fish; to angle (in 恭簐弓)
* 拼音yù。《集韻》："～， 擨～，舉手相弄。 按：擨～， 或作擨歈、邪揄， 嘲弄、輕笑。"
(translated) to gesture and play with hands; to ridicule; to mock; to sneer
* 拼音qīn。打喷嚏
(translated) to sneeze
* 〈喃〉义为洒
(translated) to sprinkle; Vietnamese meaning
* 读音trộm。 * 偷， 盗。 * 盗贼， 小偷。 * 偷偷地， 悄悄地
(translated) to steal; thief; petty thief; secretly; stealthily
* 读音nhón [～]踮脚
(translated) to tiptoe
* 出氣
(translated) to vent anger; to vent
* 读音xui 消灾
(translated) to ward off disaster; to avert calamity; to dispel misfortune
* 拼音qiè。打哈欠
(translated) to yawn
* ～㰦， 即欠呿(打哈欠)。 见《舍利弗阿毘昙论》
(translated) to yawn; specifically in the word 𭭆㰦
jìn:* 打哈欠。 qūn:* 气盛
(translated) to yawn; vigorous
* 拼音chēn。地名
(translated) toponym
* 拼音kǎn。浊
(translated) turbid; muddy
* 拼音jué。羊名
(translated) type of sheep
chù:* 无心；一说无知。 * 呵斥。 qù:* 说。 xì:* 笑
(translated) unintentional; ignorant; reprimand; say; laugh
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nhỏn 肆无忌惮。[～嘫] 肆无忌惮地微笑
(translated) unrestrained; wanton
kǎn:* 没吃饱。 * 贪。 kè:* 〔～歞（ è ）〕痴呆的样子
(translated) unsatiated; greedy; in "[歁歞 (è)]", idiotic look
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 ->
* 拼音guǐ。极度疲劳
(translated) utterly exhausted
* "𮑣" 的讹字
(translated) variant form of "𮑣"
* 拼音zī。车辆
(translated) vehicle
* ～烦， 即烦恼。见《 法华义疏》
(translated) vexation; trouble; annoyance
* 读音tợn。 剧烈，凶猛， 勇敢
(translated) violent; fierce; brave
* 拼音yǔ。愁貌
(translated) worried appearance
* 拼音yǒu。忧愁的样子
(translated) worried look; appearance of melancholy
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xìn。心中向往
(translated) yearning
* 《火吽轨别録》: 娜二合曳～ 乎合反写合写缚
(translated) 《Hohum Track Separate Record》: Indicates a pronunciation by combining "na" and "ye"; indicates a pronunciation by combining "hu" and "fu" using fanqie and combined writing
* 拼音jué。 * ～头船。 * 同"橛"。短木桩
(translated) 𦪘-headed boat; same as "橛"; short wooden stake
qiān:* 含笑。 * 多智。 xiān:* 贪欲
Acquired from 㰹: (same as 㰹) to laugh; to smile, greed; avarice, to cry, to shout, overbear; arrogant
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 ->
* 〔～螬（ cáo ）〕金龟子的幼虫
Acquired from 䖪: (same as 䖪) grub ( a kind of larva); maggots, looper; inchworm; geometer
无释义
No definition given
* 同"䙔"
Semantic variant of 䙔: clothes made of poor fabric, head-dress for children (or minority group), an infant"s bib
* 同"䲌"
Semantic variant of 䲌: a fish, the sound of touching the fish net
* 同"喜"
Semantic variant of 喜: like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
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 ->
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"嗤"。 * 拼音chī。 * 讥笑
Semantic variant of 嗤: laugh at, ridicule, sneer; snort
* 用土鋪路。 * 疾
Semantic variant of 堲: hate
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"最"
Semantic variant of 最: most, extremely, exceedingly
* 同"欠"
Semantic variant of 欠: owe, lack, be deficient; KangXi radical number 76
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"欬"
Semantic variant of 欬: cough; sound of laughter
* 同"钦"
Semantic variant of 欽: respect, admire; respectful
* 同"款"
Semantic variant of 款: item, article; clause; fund
* 同"歈"
Semantic variant of 歈: songs
* 同"滩"
Semantic variant of 灘: bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids
* 同"盗"
Semantic variant of 盜: rob, steal; thief, bandit
* 古同"蔹"
Semantic variant of 蘞: wild vine, vitis pentaphylla
* 古同"趑"
Semantic variant of 趑: can"t move; to falter
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 ->
* 拼音kuǎn。灼铁烙印， 以记竹简编排的次序
a branding-iron, to solder
* "铕" 的旧字形
a chemical element; old translation of (銪) Eu
* 文言助词，表示疑问、感叹、反诘等语气
a final particle used to express admiration, doubt, surprise, or to mark a question
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 ->
* 见"欤"
a final particle used to express admiration, doubt, surprise, or to mark a question
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kuǎn。 * 一种鱼。 * 鱼触撞网罩发出的声音
a fish, the sound of touching the fish net
* 见"镢"
a pick, a hoe
* 〔赤～〕地名，在中国台湾省
a place in Taiwan Tainan
* 小木桩。 ～子。 * 树或庄稼的残茎。 残～。树～。 * 木制的马嚼子。 * 一小段："伏惟烂木一～。佛与众生不别"
a post, a stake; an axle
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"橛"
a post, a stake; an axle
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cì。假发
a wig
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 ->
* 帮助，资助。 * 便利。 * 及。 * 古通"次"，排列有序。 * 姓
aid; help
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cì。猫头鹰一类的鸟
an owl-like bird
* 身体两旁肋骨和胯骨之间的部分（多指兽类的） ～窝。狐～
area between waist and hips
* 拼音yà。[㰻～] 驴叫。原《 中华字海》错为" 欭～"
asses braying, shortwindedness; hiccough, asthmatic breathing, supposed upward motion of the spirit (in Chinese herb medicine), to exhaust; extreme
* 拼音yǐ。[～㰳] 驴叫
asses braying, to be happy suddenly, cruel; malignant; coarse, rude
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xiā。[～㰨] 喘息
asthmatic breathing, supposed upward motion of the spirit (in Chinese herb medicine), to long for; to covet, to hum over; to moan; to groan
* 拼音yōu。气逆
asthmatic breathing; shortwindedness; hiccough; husky voice, (same as 嗄) (of voice) hoarse
* 〔～欷（ xī ）〕同"欷歔"。 * 哈气使温暖："故物或行或随，或～或吹。"
blow through nose, snort
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 ->
* 〔～欷（ xī ）〕同"欷歔"。 * 哈气使温暖："故物或行或随，或～或吹。"
blow through nose, snort
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 ->
* 合拢嘴唇用力出气。 ～打。～灯（ａ．把灯火吹灭；ｂ．喻人死亡；ｃ．喻失败、垮台）。～毛求疵。～鼓手（ａ．办婚、丧事时吹奏鼓乐的人；ｂ．胡乱吹捧和宣扬别人的人）。～灰之力。 * 说大话。 ～牛。～嘘。 * 类似吹的动作。 ～拂。风～草动。 * （事情）失败。 ～台。 * 消息流传，鼓动宣传。 鼓～
blow; puff; brag, boast
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 ->
* 拼音xù。气
breath, air, steam, not clear; not quite sure
* 〔～趄（ jū ）〕①行走困难；②想前进又不敢前进，如"～～不前"
can"t move; to falter
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 ->
* 〔㱎干〕不可知。也作"干"
cannot be known; agnostic
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 ->
* 〔㱎干〕不可知。也作"干"
cannot be known; agnostic
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 ->
* 诈骗，蒙混。 ～骗。～诈。～哄。～瞒。～诬。～诳。～蒙。童叟无～。 * 压迫，侮辱。 ～负。～侮。～压。～凌。～生。～善怕恶
cheat, double-cross, deceive
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 ->
* 〔剞～〕见"剞"
chisel for engraving; engrave
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"谘"
consult, confer; communicate in
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 ->