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Seal script
"Seal script" in regular script (left) and seal script (right).
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
篆書
Simplified Chinese
篆书
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
zhuànshū
Bopomofo
ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨ
Wade–Giles
chuan4-shu1
Tongyong Pinyin
jhuàn-shu
IPA
[ʈʂwân.ʂú]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
syuhnsyū
Jyutping
syun6 syu1
IPA
[syːn˨.syː˥]
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
triện thư
chữ triện
Hán-Nôm
篆書
𡨸篆
Chinese characters
Chinese family of scripts
Written Chinese
Kanji
Hanja
Chữ Hán
Evolution of script styles
Neolithic symbols in China
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal
Large
Small
Bird-worm
Clerical
Cursive
Semi-cursive
Regular
Flat brush
Typefaces
Fangsong
Ming
sans-serif
Properties and classification
Components
Strokes
order
Radicals
Collation and standards
Kangxi Dictionary forms (1716)
General Standard Characters (PRC, 2013)
Commonly-Used Characters (Hong Kong, 2007)
Nan Min Recommended Characters (Taiwan, 2009)
Standard Form of National Characters (Taiwan, 1982)
Jōyō kanji (Japan, 2010)
Reforms
Simplified characters
second round
Traditional characters
debate
Japanese script reform
kyūjitai
Homographs and readings
Literary and colloquial readings
Kanbun
Idu
Variants
Zetian characters
Derived systems
Kana
man'yōgana
hiragana
katakana
Jurchen script
Khitan
large
small
Nüshu
Bopomofo
Slavonic transcription
Transliteration of Chinese
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Seal script or sigillary script is a style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved organically out of bronze script during the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). The variant of seal script used in the state of Qin eventually became comparatively standardized, and was adopted as the formal script across all of China during the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). It was still widely used for decorative engraving and seals during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD).[1][2][3]
The literal translation of "seal script" (篆書zhuànshū) is 'decorative engraving script'—this name was coined during the Han dynasty,[citation needed] and reflects the role of the script being reduced to ceremonial inscriptions.
^Li Huiwen (李惠文); Han Lifen (韩丽芬); George Becker (贝可平) (2018-12-20). "Calligraphy And Writing Techniques in the Qin and Han Dynasties".
^"Script Types". Retrieved 2023-09-28.
^"Categories of Calligraphy - Seal Script". Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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