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Seal script

Seal script or sigillary script (traditional Chinese: 篆書; simplified Chinese: 篆书; pinyin: Zhuànshū; lit. 'decorative engraving script') is a style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved organically out of bronze script during the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). The variant of seal script…

Unified small seal script, Development & Types

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Unified small seal script

Li SiCangjiepianClerical scriptCharacter dictionaryErya
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Development

Bird-worm seal scriptWuChuYueSpear of Fuchai
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Types

Large seal scriptSmall seal scriptEastern ZhouQin Shi Huang
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Computer encoding

UnicodeCode points
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Child systems
Clerical script · Regular script
Direction
Vertical writing
Languages
Old Chinese
Parent systems
Seal script
Period
c. 700 BC – c. 200 AD
Script type
Logographic

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Seal script

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples56
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
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Seal script

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related to Unified small seal script · 17
Seal script → Autumn, Beginning, Cangjiepian, Chinese, However, In, It, Li Si, Qin, Qin Shi Huang, Spring, The Qin, Their, This, Through Chinese, Warring States, Zhou
related to Development · 13
Seal script → As, Chu, Eastern Zhou, Fuchai, Goujian, It, One, Spear, Sword, There, Wu, Wuyue, Yue
related to Types · 8
Seal script → BC, Due, Eastern Zhou, Qin, Qin Shi Huang, The, Western Zhou, Without
related to Computer encoding · 5
Seal script → Qin, Seal, Unicode, Warring States, Zhou
see also · 4
Seal script → Ancient Script Texts, ConfucianismʼPhags-pa, Mongolian, School
Child systems · 2
Seal script → Clerical script, Regular script
related to External links · 2
Seal script → Script, Sears
Direction · 1
Seal script → Vertical writing
Languages · 1
Seal script → Old Chinese
Parent systems · 1
Seal script → Seal script

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script seal bc small qin dynasty zhou chinese characters used ipa period writing chu states evolved see clerical ad including

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Seal scriptChild systemsClerical script1.00infobox
Seal scriptChild systemsRegular script1.00infobox
Seal scriptDirectionVertical writing1.00infobox
Seal scriptLanguagesOld Chinese1.00infobox
Seal scriptParent systemsSeal script1.00infobox
Seal scriptPeriodc. 700 BC – c. 200 AD1.00infobox
Seal scriptScript typeLogographic1.00infobox
Seal scriptrelated to Computer encodingSeal0.60section
Seal scriptrelated to Computer encodingQin0.60section
Seal scriptrelated to Computer encodingZhou0.60section
Seal scriptrelated to Computer encodingWarring States0.60section
Seal scriptrelated to Computer encodingUnicode0.60section

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