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The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese.It developed within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–256 BC), and was then promulgated across China in order to replace script varieties used in other ancient Chinese states following Qin's wars of unification and establishment of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) under Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of ...
Cook, Richard (2001), The Extreme of Typographic Complexity:Character Set Issues Relating to Computerization of The Eastern Han Chinese Lexicon Shuowenjiezi (PDF), STEDT Project, Linguistic Department, University of California, Berkeley, pp. 28–29: List of the 540 radicals in Xiaozhuan (in Chinese) 《說文解字》, electronic edition ...
The term seal script may refer to several distinct varieties, including the large seal script and the small seal script.Without qualification, seal script usually refers to the small seal script—that is, the lineage which evolved within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BC), which was later standardized under Qin Shi Huang (r.
Seal face inscription is in Chinese ("Seal of the Prince of Qian" 汧王之印), but the upper surface of the seal has two lines of Khitan large characters that have been interpreted as meaning Yixin Ning Dawang 乙辛寧大王 ("Prince Yixinning") and Liao Da'an Shinian 遼大安十年 (10th year of the Liao dynasty Da'an era"). [30] [31]
Now, young people like Chen are spreading nüshu beyond the women’s quarters of houses in Hunan's rural Jiangyong, the county whose distinct dialect serves as the script's verbal component.
This term dates back to the Han dynasty, [15] when (small) seal script and clerical script were both in use. It thus became necessary to distinguish between the two, as well as any earlier script forms which were still accessible in the form of books and inscriptions, so the terms " large seal " (大篆 dàzhuàn ) and "small seal" (小篆 ...
It has, to a large extent, captured the essence of xiaozhuan. [5] Zhòuwén (籀文; "Large Seal Script") and xiǎozhuàn (小篆; "Small Seal Script") were archaic forms of Chinese calligraphy. Thus, the Zilin followed the Shuowen jiezi format of giving the head character entry in Small Seal Script and the definition in clerical script.
Nine-fold seal script [a] [1] [2] or nine-fold script, [b] [3] also translated nine-bend script, [3] or layered script [5] is a highly stylised form of Chinese calligraphy derived from small seal script, using convoluted winding strokes aligned to horizontal and vertical directions, folded back and forth to fill the available space.