* 同""
(translated) Same as 甑; ancient steamer
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日 * 拼音qíng。[㱥～] 有病的样子
(translated) sickly appearance
* 隐在水面下活动。 ～水。～泳。～坝。～行（ａ．在水面以下行动；ｂ．在外边秘密行动）。 * 隐藏的，秘密地。 ～藏。～伏。～遁。～逃。～力。～心。～师。～在。～台词。～移默化。 * 姓
hide; hidden, secret, latent
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：tí。俗""。《可洪音義》："湖：正作醍醐。"
(translated) non-classical form of ""
* 音义未详。[ 賈誼.新書] 以匈奴之饑，飯羹啗膹， 喗～多飮酒。字原作炙下肉
(translated) Pronunciation and meaning are unknown; Originally written as 炙下肉 (zhì xià ròu)
* 拼音shàn。瓦器的边沿
(translated) rim of earthenware
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""。 * 《八辅》 第37区， 第66字
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音shāng。中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音dù。盛杯、 盘等器皿的竹笼
(translated) bamboo basket for holding cups, plates, and other vessels
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used as a Chinese given name character
* 〔～糊〕古同"模糊"
rice snacks
* 绢緮
(translated) silk fabric
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 ->
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 见""
red silk
* 拼音chí。[～～]鸟群飞的样子
(translated) birds flying in flocks
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音fú。飞的样子
(translated) manner of flying
* 同""。 * 拼音liú。 * 小飞
(translated) Same as ""; small fly
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
* 拼音tí。同""
(translated) same as ""
* 拼音liáo。 * 茶名用字。 * 《八辅》 第24区， 第42字
(translated) tea name character
* 贴身的衣衫。 汗～儿。 * 在衣边上缝（花边） ～花边儿。 * 姓
inner shirt or singlet
* 同""
(translated) same as inquire
* 见""
register, list, table; musical score
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 ->
* 欺
(translated) deceive
* 拼音míng。小猪
(translated) small pig
* 拼音huì。䢌
(translated) Pronunciation: huì; Another pronunciation: 䢌
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 ->
* 人名用字。 申～
(translated) Used in personal names
* 同""。中国人名用字
(translated) Same as ""; Used in Chinese personal names
* 拼音kǎn。反
(translated) reverse; opposite; contrary
* 同""
(translated) same as 饀; filling
* 读音tho 芬芳的，散发香味的
(translated) fragrant; aromatic
* 拼音zhǐ。 * 发美。 * 马鬣
(translated) beautiful hair; mane
* 古代官吏值班人。 * 试用。 新官随朝～使一年。 * 考场外代笔人
on duty
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音huán。水波
waves; breakers; billows, dense; thick
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 疑同""
(translated) Suspected to be the same as ""
* 拼音xuān。中国人名用字
(translated) Used for Chinese given names
* "" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of ""
* 同"筍（笋）"
Semantic variant of 筍: bamboo shoot; joint; tendon
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 糠
(translated) bran
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 ->
* 和气，和善。 和～。～然。 * 果实、树木繁茂的样子。 幽～。～～。 * 同""，云气
lush; affable, friendly
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 金属套："有大虾蟆如叠，挟二笔～。" * 套；裹
cap
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""
technetium
* 拼音yù。人名用字
(translated) Pinyin yù; Used in personal names
* 人名用字。 朱朗～，明朝通安王
(translated) Used for personal names; For personal names
* 拼音yì。人名用字
(translated) Pinyin: yì; Used in personal names
* 同""
(translated) same as 霮
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 白的样子。 ～～。～气（洁白清新之气）。 * 同""，昊天
luminous; white, hoary
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 一种像雉而善斗的鸟
crossbill, species of nightingale
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 ->
án:* 心灰意懒，情绪不高。 àn:* 开玩笑的话
(translated) disheartened and listless; in low spirits; joking words
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""。见康熙增订
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) same as 寮
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 ->
* 大竹。 * 笙箫之类的乐器。 * 古代使者盛符节的竹函
bamboo
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 ->
* 〔～苡〕多年生草本植物，颖果卵形，灰白色，像珍珠，供食用、药用称"薏米"、"薏仁米"、"苡米"、"苡仁"
seed of job"s tears; lotus seed
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""。中国人名用字
(translated) same as ""; used in Chinese given names
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
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 ->
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 遠。 ～遠。～闊。 * 中國朝代名。 ～代。 * 中國遼寧省的簡稱
distant, far
* 拼音xiǎn。削
(translated) pare; peel; cut
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""
(translated) Same as silly; same as foolish; same as simple-minded
* 烦闷。 * 违反，违背。相反，糊涂
(translated) Annoyed; Vexed; Violate; Contradict; Contrary
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 ->
pù:* pù ㄆㄨˋ 〔～布〕水从高山陡直地流下来，远看好像挂着的白布。简称""，如"飞～流泉"。 bào:* 〔～河〕水名，在中国河北省。亦作"鲍河"。 * 暴雨
waterfall, cascade; heavy rain
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""
(translated) same as ""
* 中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 金文隶定字， 同""。 字見《殷周金文集成引得》1073 頁。 * 金文原形字 出自《殷周金文集成》 第285器銘文中
(translated) Clerical script form in bronze inscriptions, same as ""; Original form in bronze inscriptions
* 拼音mí。鼠类动物
(translated) rodent
* 日光昏暗。 ～～。～昧（❶幽暗；❷態度、用意不明朗；❸行為不光明，不可告人）。 * 隱蔽
obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague
shī:* 同""。 * 〔濕濕〕➊牲畜耳朵摇动貌。 tà:* 古水名。古代黄河下游主要支流之一，在今山东省境内。后作""。 * 〔濕陰〕➊汉侯国名。 xí:* 同""。低湿的地方。 * 同""。古人名用字
wet, moist, humid, damp; an illness
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""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音yīng。 * 小声。 * 呻吟
sound, whisper, to groan; to moan
* 拼音kuì。人名用字
(translated) kuì; used in personal names
* 曝晒，晒干："视其前，则酒未清，肴未～。" * 光；日光
(translated) to sun-dry; light; sunlight
* 疑同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 拼音jiǎ。中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 佛经用字。 化衣財眞言唵嚩哩摩拏嚩嚩～抳吽整衣眞言唵三曼多沙馱囉拏鉢頭米吽㗶
(translated) Character used in Buddhist scriptures; Used in mantras like the Mantra of Transformation Clothes and Wealth (化衣財眞言) and the Mantra of Tidy Clothes (整衣眞言)
* 旧时指宣誓缔约，现指阶级的联合，国与国的联合。 ～军。～友。同～国。～约。山～海誓。 * 指结拜弟兄。 ～兄。～弟。 * 中国内蒙古自治区的行政单位。 * 发（誓） ～誓
swear; oath, covenant, alliance
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 ->
Liushutong Seal Forms
Pre-Qin to Han seal-type forms (≤220 CE) / compiled 1661 (Min Qiji); collated and printed 1720 (Bi Hongshu)
A ten-volume compendium of seal-script variants arranged by the rhymes of Hongwu Zhengyun: each head character gives its Shuowen small seal form, then variants gathered from guwen, zhouwen, bronze inscriptions and Qin–Han seals. Long a standard reference for seal carvers, but the forms are compiled rather than excavated and were collected with little vetting, so many are of doubtful authenticity.Wikimedia Commons ->
* 〔～肭〕肥胖。 * 〔～肭兽〕即"海狗"。 * 〔～肭脐〕中药称海狗的阴茎和睾丸
fat
* 同""
Alternate form of 鼂: a kind of sea turtle; surname
* 古同""
increase
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 ->
àn:* 古同""："三光～昧。" ǎn:* 〔～蔼〕ａ．昏暗不明，如"日～～以西迈。"ｂ．繁盛，如"华盖纷～～。" yǎn:* 〔～～〕昏暗不明，如"日～～而下颓。"
Alternate form of 暗: dark; obscure; in secret, covert
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 ->
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""。 * 拼音yú
(translated) Same as 谀; flattery
* 读音vâm，[ 劸(khoẻ)如～] 十分健康
(translated) extremely healthy; very healthy
* 读音thứ 原谅，宽恕
(translated) forgive; pardon
* "图书馆"三字的缩写
library
* 同""
(same as 婚) to marry a wife; a bride-groom
* 同""
(translated) same as 涧
* 张在屋内的帐幕。 ～帐。～子。布～。窗～。帷～
curtain, screen, tent
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。中国人名用字
(translated) Used in Chinese personal names
* 同""
(translated) Same as ""
* 同""
(translated) same as ""
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 ->
Liushutong Seal Forms
Pre-Qin to Han seal-type forms (≤220 CE) / compiled 1661 (Min Qiji); collated and printed 1720 (Bi Hongshu)
A ten-volume compendium of seal-script variants arranged by the rhymes of Hongwu Zhengyun: each head character gives its Shuowen small seal form, then variants gathered from guwen, zhouwen, bronze inscriptions and Qin–Han seals. Long a standard reference for seal carvers, but the forms are compiled rather than excavated and were collected with little vetting, so many are of doubtful authenticity.Wikimedia Commons ->
* 拼音jiē。[～] 太阳快落山的样子
sunset
mǐn:* 强横；顽悍："～不畏死。" * 冒昧。 * 勉力；勉强。 mín:* 烦闷："心若县（悬）于天地之间，慰～沉屯。"
strong, robust, tough
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 ->
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 ->
* 类推雅音： 计(jì)
(translated) Refined pronunciation by analogy: pronounced as jì