篆

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seal script

HSK 10

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zhuàn

テン

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Components

⺮ "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)+ 彖 a hog =

篆 seal script

⺮ Meaning component

zhú

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

bamboo

彖 Phonetic component

tuàn a hog

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

篆

Regular

Modern

Chinese

篆 [zhuàn]

seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script

Japanese

篆てん同音

noun seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (13)

篆刻 [zhuànkè] #29,751

carving a seal

小篆 [xiǎozhuàn] #44,285

the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty

篆书 [zhuànshū] #45,112

seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

篆书 [zhuànshū] #45,112

seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

大篆 [dàzhuàn] #58,964

the great seal

鸟篆 [niǎozhuàn] #68,909

bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)

鸟篆 [niǎozhuàn] #68,909

bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)

雕虫篆刻 [diāochóngzhuànkè] #73,389

literary trifles

雕虫篆刻 [diāochóngzhuànkè] #73,389

literary trifles

秦篆 [Qínzhuàn]

seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty

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JAPANESE WORDS (8)

篆刻 [てんこく] #113,293

seal engraving

篆書 [てんしょ] #150,420

seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters)

篆刻家 [てんこくか] #243,352

seal engraver

篆文 [てんぶん] #243,787

seal script character

篆字 [てんじ] #252,086

seal script character

小篆 [しょうてん] #253,190

small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period)

大篆 [だいてん]

large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)

篆隷 [てんれい]

seal style and ancient square style