"篆文" meaning in Chinese

See 篆文 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹ wən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /syːn²² mɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 篆文
  1. seal script (all the forms of ancient Chinese calligraphy used in Han-era seals and chops)
    Sense id: en-篆文-zh-noun-TcufuJI8 Categories (other): Calligraphy Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 55 45
  2. small seal script (the form of Chinese characters based on the script of the state of Qin and standardized by Li Si around 220 BC)
    Sense id: en-篆文-zh-noun-ymGTSIrG Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Calligraphy Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 小篆 (xiǎozhuàn), 秦篆 (qínzhuàn) Synonyms (seal script): , , /, , z, h, u, à, n, s, ū, , ì Disambiguation of 'seal script': 49 51
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          "era",
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          "chop",
          "chop#English"
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      "zh_pron": "jwàn-wén"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "juannwen"
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      "roman": "čžuanʹvɛnʹ",
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "qualifier": "seal script",
      "sense": "seal script",
      "word": "篆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "qualifier": "seal script",
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      "word": "書"
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    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "word": "ū"
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "word": "字"
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "word": "ì"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "小篆"
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      "word": "秦篆"
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      "zh_pron": "xun⁶ men⁴"
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    },
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      "word": "书"
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      "word": "z"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "字"
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      "word": "ì"
    },
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      "word": "秦篆"
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