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篆

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zhuàn

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 篆

大篆
dà zhuàn

the great seal

雕虫篆刻
diāo chóng zhuàn kè

literary trifles

小篆
xiǎo zhuàn

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

鸟篆
niǎo zhuàn

bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)

篆刻
zhuàn kè

to carve a seal

篆体
zhuàn tǐ

see 篆書|篆书[zhuàn shū]

篆工
zhuàn gōng

craftsman engaged in carving characters

篆书
zhuàn shū

seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

秦篆
qín zhuàn

seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty

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