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小篆

xiǎo zhuàn

2-character word

What 小篆 means

1. the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty

The characters in 小篆

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 篆zhuànseal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆

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