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zhuàn

seal script; seal, stamp

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 彖 provides pronunciation
HSK 15 strokes Uncommon (43%)

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Component Tree i

zhú
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
tuàn
hog, hedgehog, porcupine
💡 Ideographic: A pig 豕 with a long snout 彑
9 strokes

Words Using 篆 (10)

dàzhuàn
大篆
the great seal / used narrowly for [[籀文]] / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
xiǎozhuàn
小篆
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
Qínzhuàn
秦篆
seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal [[小篆]] and great seal [[大篆]]
zhuàn
seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal [[小篆]] and great seal [[大篆]] / writing in seal script
zhuànkè
篆刻
carving a seal
zhuàngōng
篆工
craftsman engaged in carving characters
zhuànshū
篆书
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
zhuàntǐ
篆体
see [[篆書|篆书<zhuànshū>]]
diāochóngzhuànkè
雕虫篆刻
my insignificant talent (humble expr.) / my humble writings
niǎozhuàn
鸟篆
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)