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篆

zhuàn

Character

What 篆 means

1. seal (of office)
2. seal script (a calligraphic style)
3. the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
4. writing in seal script

Words starting with 篆

• 篆刻zhuàn kèto carve a seal; a seal
• 篆工zhuàn gōngcraftsman engaged in carving characters
• 篆书zhuàn shūseal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
• 篆体zhuàn tǐsee 篆书

Words containing 篆

• 大篆dà zhuànthe great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
• 小篆xiǎo zhuànthe small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
• 秦篆Qín zhuànseal script as unified by the Qin dynasty; the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
• 鸟篆niǎo zhuànbird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
• 雕虫篆刻diāo chóng zhuàn kèliterary trifles; minor skill

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 筌quánbamboo fish trap
• 簖duànbamboo fish trap
• 筦Guǎnsurname Guan

Sounds the same

Read zhuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赚to earn; to make a profit
• 撰to compose; to compile
• 转to revolve; to turn; to circle about
• 传biography; historical narrative; commentaries
• 馔food; delicacies
• 啭to sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp
• 瑑engraved lines
• 僎collect
• 䌸to tie up
• 篹to compose; to compile; food
• 籑old variant of 撰

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuàn correctly.
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