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Small seal script information


Small seal script
Script type
Logographic
Time period
c. 500 BC – c. 200 AD
LanguagesOld Chinese
Related scripts
Parent systems
(Proto-writing)
  • Oracle bone script
    • Bronze script
      • Large seal script
        • Small seal script
Child systems
Clerical script
Small seal script
Chinese小篆
Literal meaningsmall seal
Qin script
Chinese秦篆
Literal meaningQin seal

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 China.

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purpose of reforming written Chinese into the new orthographic standard Small Seal Script. Beginning in the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 221 CE), many scholars and...

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associated with 乛 prior to the new standard in 2009). Large seal script character Small seal script character The only stroke in radical line, known as 豎/竖/竪...

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