* 拼音qǐ。义未详
(Cant.) final particle
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* 骨制的（也有用木制的）箭头
(Cant.) to push with the body
* 同"栚"。架着蚕箔的横木
(same as 栚) (same as 㮳) a piece of cross-wise board used for frame on which silkworms spin
* "熙" 的类化字。《溪岚拾叶集》: 宝形像其身金色～怡微笑种种珠髣顶冠璎珞庄严其身右手执
(translated) A character categorized as similar to "熙"; represents "pleasant smile" in descriptions of precious golden figures adorned with various jewels and holding something in the right hand
* 古同"皰"，面疮
(translated) Ancient form of "皰", facial sore
* 金文隶定字。 同"熙"。 字
(translated) Clerical script form, same as "熙"
* 《八辅》 第25区， 第91字
(translated) In *Bafu*, Section 25, Character No. 91
* 拼音zhuàn。玉名
(translated) Jade name
* 《翻梵语》: 卷腾沙迦花译曰～也
(translated) Juan Teng Sha Jia flower
* 拼音páo。乐名
(translated) Name of a musical instrument
* 《大正新脩大藏經 密教部 大佛頂廣聚陀螺尼經》 原文:唵薩蒂也二合帝帝社曳吽
(translated) Om Sa Di Ye Er He Di Di She Ye Hong
* 拼音bāo。中国人名用字
(translated) Pinyin: bāo; used in Chinese personal names
* 拼音bāo。 * 地名。 * 姓
(translated) Pronounced bāo; place name; surname
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chuān。中国人名用字。 拼音xuǎn
(translated) Pronunciation chuān, used in Chinese personal names; Pronunciation xuǎn, used in Chinese personal names
* 悬持蚕箔柱的绳索。 * 蜀锦名
(translated) Rope for suspending silkworm rearing tray pillars; Name of Shu brocade
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"貆"
(translated) Same as "badger"
* 同"凞"。见字形维基
(translated) Same as "凞"; see Zihang Wiki
* 同"危"
(translated) Same as "危"
* 同"嘡"
(translated) Same as "嘡"
* 同"囊"
(translated) Same as "囊"
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"夔"
(translated) Same as "夔"
* 同"媐"
(translated) Same as "媐"
* 同"开"
(translated) Same as "开"
* 同"开"
(translated) Same as "开"
* 同"改"
(translated) Same as "改"
* 同"樷"。见字形维基
(translated) Same as "樷"
* 同"死"
(translated) Same as "死"
* 同"泥"
(translated) Same as "泥"
* 同"照"
(translated) Same as "照"
* 同"熙"
(translated) Same as "熙"
* 同"熙"
(translated) Same as "熙"
* 同"熙"
(translated) Same as "熙"
* 同"蚏"
(translated) Same as "蚏"
* 同"起"
(translated) Same as "起"
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 ->
* 同"陀"
(translated) Same as "陀"
* 同"馔"
(translated) Same as "馔"
* 同"鸨"
(translated) Same as "鸨"
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yí。同"𠤗"
(translated) Same as "𠤗"
* 同"𡘍"
(translated) Same as "𡘍"
* 同"𡭻"
(translated) Same as "𡭻"
* 同"𢜸"
(translated) Same as "𢜸"
* 同"𣓗"
(translated) Same as "𣓗"
* 同"𦌔"
(translated) Same as "𦌔"
* 同"𦌔"
(translated) Same as "𦌔"
* 同"𦌔"
(translated) Same as "𦌔"
* 《新撰字鏡》：" 榊～椗， 三字佐加木。" 见《 康熙字典》(增订版)。 * 讀音sakaki 楊桐。義與同"榊"字
(translated) Same as 榊 and 椗, three characters Sakaki; Pronounced sakaki, Yángtóng; Meaning same as character "榊"
* 疑为"暋"讹字
(translated) Suspected to be a corrupted form of "暋"
* 疑同"㽕"
(translated) Suspected to be the same as "㽕"
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used as a personal name character in Chinese
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used for Chinese given names;
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 拼音suǒ。人名用字
(translated) Used in personal names
* 澳门人名用字。（ 见教青局）
(translated) Used in personal names in Macau; as per the Education and Youth Development Bureau
* 同"繏"
(translated) Variant of "繏"
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 ->
* 宽下巴。 * 成长；壮大。 * 美好
(translated) Wide chin; Grow; enlarge; Beautiful
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 ->
* 拼音sì。一种鱼
(translated) a kind of fish
náo:* 古同"獶"。 yōu:* 古同"獶"
(translated) archaic form of "獶"
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 ->
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 ->
* "愍" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "愍"
* 衣裳的边饰："裳皆有～。"
(translated) edge trimming of clothing
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phào 吸或吹(气)
(translated) inhale or exhale
* 拼音xī。[～～]叹词, 表示不以为然
(translated) interjection expressing disapproval; skepticism
yí:* 喜悦："鸳鸯戢梁，凫鷖～渚。" * 善。 pèi:* 婚配
(translated) joy; pleased; good; marriage
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xuǎn。 * 缠挂兽足以捕兽的网。 * 鱼网
(translated) net to trap animals by hanging animal feet; fish net
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zhuàn。专
(translated) pronounced zhuàn, same as 专
* 同"死"
(translated) same as "die"
* 同"㭒"（耜）
(translated) same as "㭒", meaning plowshare; spade
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 ->
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 ->
* 同"偃"
(translated) same as "偃"
* 同"婚"
(translated) same as "婚"
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 ->
* 同"岊"
(translated) same as "岊"
* 同"潠"。 * 拼音xuàn。 * 口含水喷
(translated) same as "潠"; to spray water from the mouth
* 同"硘"
(translated) same as "硘"
* 同"蘷"
(translated) same as "蘷"
* 同"謇"
(translated) same as "謇"
* 同"龚"
(translated) same as "龚"
* 同"迴（回）"
(translated) same as 回; return
* 同"朕"
(translated) same as 朕; same as the imperial "we" or "I"
* 同"樯"
(translated) same as 樯; mast
* 同"芑"
(translated) same as 芑
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 ->
* 同"荪"
(translated) same as 荪
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 ->
* 拼音zhuàn。讥刺
(translated) satirize
* 疑同"媐"
(translated) suspected to be the same as "媐"
* 拼音sǔn。 * 将熟肉切了再煮。 * 同"䐣"。把切好的熟肉放在血中拌合
(translated) to cut cooked meat and cook it again; same as "䐣", to mix cut cooked meat with blood
* 《人本欲生经注》: 乐非身明矣又令～譃观其常身死败灭以谛照之复非身明白矣
(translated) to falsely observe; to mistakenly view
* 拼音pào。 * 酒的颜色。 * 同"疱"
(translated) wine color; same as 疱
* 八卦之一，卦形为☴。又为六十四卦之一，卦形为䷸，巽下巽上。 * 具备。 * 卑顺；怯懦。 * 同"遜"。谦恭；谦让。 * 消散。 * 姓
5th of the 8 trigrams; south-east; mild, modest, obedient
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 ->
* 八卦之一，卦形为☴。又为六十四卦之一，卦形为䷸，巽下巽上。 * 具备。 * 卑顺；怯懦。 * 同"遜"。谦恭；谦让。 * 消散。 * 姓
5th of the 8 trigrams; south-east; mild, modest, obedient
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"起"
Semantic variant of 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin
* 同"起"
Semantic variant of 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin
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 ->
* 同"𩣡"
a kind of animal; with a horse shape; the tail of an ox and with only one horn
* 水决后又流入。 * 〔～水〕水名，在中国河南省。 * 不流通的小沟渠
a stream which leaves the main branch then later returns
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 ->
* 〔～鱼〕❶咸鱼，如"如入～～之肆，久而不闻其臭"；❷鳆鱼的俗称。 * 姓
abalone; dried fish; surname
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 ->
* 古同"熙"
bright, splendid, glorious
* 同"熙"
bright, splendid, glorious
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 ->
* 拼音bǎo。 * 五彩的羽毛。 * 矢羽
colorful feather, a feather decorated arrow
bāo:* 落叶乔木，种子可提取淀粉，树皮可制栲胶。亦称"小橡树"。 fú:* 同"桴"
drumstick
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 ->
* 用手臂围住。 拥～。～小孩儿。合～。～残守缺（形容保守，不知进取）。 * 围绕，环绕。 山环水～。～厦（房屋前面加出来的门廊，亦指后面毗连的小房子）。 * 胸怀愿望，志向。 ～负。 * 心里存着，怀有。 ～怨。～恨。～歉。～憾。～病。 * 密合。 衣服～身儿。 * 把他人的子女收养为自己的子女。 ～养。 * 量词：表示两臂合围的量：一～草。 * 孵。 ～窝。～小鸡
embrace, hold in arms, enfold
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"撰"
eulogize; compose, write
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 ->
zhuàn:* 安排食物。 * 饭食；食物。 * 吃喝。 xuān:* 通"鍰"。古重量单位。以金六两为馔
feed, support, provide for; food; fine meats, delicacies
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 ->
páo:* 烧。 ～炙。～烙（ luò ）。～制。 bāo:* 把物品放在器物上烘烤或焙。 把湿衣服搁在热炕上～干。 * 一种烹调方法，在旺火上急炒。 ～羊肉。 pào:* 重型武器的一类，有迫击炮、高射炮、火箭炮等。 ～兵。～弹。 * 爆竹。 鞭～。花～。 * 爆破土石等在凿的眼内装进炸药后称"炮"
large gun, cannon; artillery
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"𦌔"
net to trap the animals
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"回"
return, turn around; a time
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 ->