"seal script" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seal scripts [plural]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 篆文 (zhuànwén). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from Chinese, {{zh-l|篆文}} 篆文 (zhuànwén) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seal script (countable and uncountable, plural seal scripts)
  1. (usually) Synonym of small seal script Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Synonyms: small seal script [synonym, synonym-of], Seal Script
    Sense id: en-seal_script-en-noun-CyQsejzj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Manchu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Manchu translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25
  2. (also) All forms of ancient Chinese calligraphy used for seals and chops, including the Zhou-era large seal script. Tags: also, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calligraphy Translations (ancient Chinese calligraphy used for seals and chops): 篆書 (Chinese Mandarin), 篆书 (zhuànshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 篆文 (zhuànwén) (Chinese Mandarin), sinettikirjoitus (Finnish), 篆書 (tensho) (Japanese), ᡶᡠᡴᠵᡳᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (fukjingga hergen) (Manchu)
    Sense id: en-seal_script-en-noun-ltQ9IHpx Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'ancient Chinese calligraphy used for seals and chops': 4 96

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