* 拼音wū。禾芒
(translated) awn of grain
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* 拼音huán。袋
(translated) bag; sack; pouch
* 拼音kū。[～屼]( 山）光秃秃的样子
(translated) bald and barren
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jī。竹屐
(translated) bamboo clogs
* 拼音bì。 * 竹～。 * 捕鸟的器具
(translated) bamboo implement; bird trap
* 拼音chǎn。光着背的马
(translated) bare-backed horse
* 美好的样子
(translated) beautiful appearance
biān:* 床板；床篑。 miàn:* 古同"緜"，屋篑
(translated) bed board; bamboo mat for bed; ancient form of "緜"; roof mat
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 ->
* 《慈悲水忏法》: 盛年放逸以自憍～贪一切财宝贪一切歌乐贪一切女色心生贪
(translated) being self-indulgent and arrogant in youth; greed for all wealth and treasures, all music and pleasures, all female beauty arises in the heart
* 拼音dié。下
(translated) below
biān:* 古书上说的一种獭类动物："夫畜池鱼者必去～獭。" piàn:* 〔～狙〕古书上说的一种似猿，头如犬的兽
(translated) bian: otter-like animal (in ancient texts); pian: [pian-ju] ape-like animal with a dog-like head (in ancient texts)
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 ->
* 黑牛耳
(translated) black cow ear;
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bīng。黑饰
(translated) black ornament; black decoration
* 船："已而义英骏海～胶浅，猝应敌，战不利。"
(translated) boat
* 书套子。 * 捕鱼的器具
(translated) book cover; fishing implement
* 拼音jú。 * 短貌。 * 曲
(translated) brief appearance; bent; curved
* 明
(translated) bright
* 读音doz 屠
(translated) butcher; to slaughter; to kill
* 拼音juān。臀部
(translated) buttocks
* 拼音bǐ。[～] 屁股
(translated) buttocks
* 同"㞘"
(translated) buttocks; anus
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pyeon。 餅也。粘糕， 糕餅
(translated) cake; sticky cake; pastry
* 抚。 * 击。 * 古同"扁"
(translated) caress; strike; ancient form of "扁"
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zhǎn。阉割
(translated) castration
zhú:* 谨慎。 chuò:* 古同"娖"，辩
(translated) cautious; same as "娖" (anciently), meaning "argue; debate; distinguish"
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xiè。胸部的脂肪
(translated) chest fat
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zhā。咀嚼食物的声音
(translated) chewing sound
* 同"劈"
(translated) chop; split
* 明；分明："～分殊事。" * 纹："臣观其（鼎）上先有五采杂～。" * 红色光纹；红光："渐台立于中央，赫～～以弘敞。"
(translated) clear; distinct; pattern; red pattern of light; red light
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 ->
* 金文隶定字， 同"邦"。 见《殷周金文集成》p5810，10914 器"长～ 戈"
(translated) clerical form of Bronze script, same as "state"
* 金文隶定字， 同"𪯚"
(translated) clerical script form in bronze inscription, same as "𪯚"
* 金文隶定字。～ 陽，疑为地名。 字見《殷周金文集成引得》1107 頁。 * 金文原形字 出自《殷周金文集成》 第11460器銘文中
(translated) clerical script form of bronze script; suspected to be a place name, used in ~ Yang; original form in bronze script
* 读音nừng 晾衣篮
(translated) clothes drying basket
* 同"慰"
(translated) comfort
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chì。 * 巩固。 * nì。 * 不滑， 不爽。吴语。 * 腻住。 吴语
(translated) consolidate; strengthen; not slippery, not smooth (Wu dialect); sticky, glued (Wu dialect)
* "䞔" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "䞔"
* "堵" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "堵"
* "墀" 譌字。 见《 康熙字典》(增订版)
(translated) corrupted form of "墀"
* "殿" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "殿"
* "隔" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "隔"
* 拼音xián。"𢎙" 的讹字，篆体楷定讹误字
(translated) corrupted form of "𢎙"; erroneously written character in regular script standardized from seal script
* "𧎰" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "𧎰"
* "𧱦" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "𧱦"
* "𫺬" 的讹字
(translated) corrupted form of "𫺬"
* 拼音jū。国名
(translated) country name
* 同"懦"
(translated) cowardly; timid
* 拼音què。虐
(translated) cruel; tyrannical
* 拼音jú。不敢伸
(translated) dare not to stretch
* 拼音sù。[～] 痴呆的样子
(translated) dazed-looking; foolish-looking
* 拼音jú。[～] 宫室深处
(translated) deep in the palace; inner part of the palace
* 读音nai 鹿
(translated) deer
* 竹密
(translated) dense bamboo
* [～窔] 深窱貌
(translated) describing a deep and recessed appearance
* 拼音nǐ。 * 辔垂貌。 * 软
(translated) describing the appearance of hanging reins; soft
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 ->
* 〈方〉男性外生殖器。閩語
(translated) dialect: male genitals; Min dialect
* 拼音wēi。[～呀]〈 方〉叹词， 表示惊异、焦急等
(translated) dialectal interjection; expressing surprise, anxiety, or similar feelings
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 ->
* 〈方〉稠。闽语
(translated) dialectal, Min dialect; thick
* 〈方〉钝；不锋利。晋语
(translated) dialectal: blunt; not sharp
* 〈方〉沾污。冀鲁官话
(translated) dialectal: to stain; to soil
* 《大云无想经》: 那坭波逻坭毘喏～提； 扇～波逻那因提梨远离色香味
(translated) dispelling; removing
* 门闩
(translated) door bolt
* 拼音sù。尘埃
(translated) dust
* 拼音yùn。初孕
(translated) early pregnancy
* 读音lùa 拥抱
(translated) embrace
* 勉我跂延吳。～ 我罷物役。年雖數歲差。 衰健實懸絶
(translated) encourage me to aspire to Wu, so that I can give up the bondage of material desires; urge me to give up being controlled by external things
* 读音cuối 末尾。终
(translated) end; final
* 读音vải 织物，布料
(translated) fabric; cloth
* 读音quạt 扇子；扇动
(translated) fan; to fan
* 拼音céng。[崚～] 比喻粗糙
(translated) figuratively rough
* [～]魚秧
(translated) fish fry
* 平木器
(translated) flat woodenware
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jú。足
(translated) foot
* 拼音xù。鞋一类的东西
(translated) footwear
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 ->
* 农桑候鸟的通称
(translated) general term for agricultural and sericultural migratory birds
* 拼音nì。心柔密
(translated) gentle and thoughtful
sù:* 磨。 xiè:* 碎石
(translated) grind; gravel
* 拼音qiè。上下齿相磨， 切齿
(translated) grinding upper and lower teeth; gnash teeth
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 ->
* 呻吟。也作"㕧"
(translated) groan; also written as 㕧
* 半生半熟的饭
(translated) half-cooked rice
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vã[ 踣~]仓猝， 急切，迫不及待
(translated) hasty; eager; impatient
* 拼音mèi。尾巴长
(translated) having a long tail
* 拼音pī。穴
(translated) hole
* 拼音qǐng。～穴
(translated) hole; cavity, used in combination with 穴 (xué)
* 〔䖡～〕蚰蜒，俗称草鞋虫
(translated) house centipede; commonly known as grass shoe insect
huǐ:* 同"燬"。 méi:* 方言。引火之物。清胡文英
(translated) huǐ: same as 燬; méi: dialectal, kindling
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 ->
* 宫阙
(translated) imperial palace
* 〔躨～〕见"躨"
(translated) in "躨跜", see "躨"
* 〔鶗～〕见"鶗"
(translated) in [鶗~], see "鶗";
* 拼音lòu。[～芦] 同"漏芦"， 一种药草
(translated) in 𦸢芦, same as 漏芦, a medicinal herb
* 刚开门。 * 开始。 * 谋。 * 姓
(translated) initial; start; plan; 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 ->
* 《善恶因果经》: 憙放下气者今作～虫先身用衆僧碓磑者
(translated) insect
* 拼音zhǎn。虫名
(translated) insect name
* 拼音chàn。插
(translated) insert
* 香气浓
(translated) intense fragrance
* 读音oóc 描述(无法忍受的) 声音
(translated) intolerable sound
* [鏉]鐵銹
(translated) iron rust
* 读音hũ 坛子
(translated) jar
* 拼音jū。 * [苴～] 一种草。 * 《八辅》 第24区， 第12字
(translated) jū; used in [苴𦱅] to describe a kind of grass
* 拼音nǐ。性疲缓
(translated) languid; weary and slow
* 大猪
(translated) large pig
* 拼音xī。笑声
(translated) laughter