渐
Definition
jiàn:* 慢慢地，一点一点地。 逐～。～进。～～。～次。～悟。～冉（逐渐）。防微杜～。 * 加剧。 疾大～。 * 疏导。 ～九川。 jiān:* 浸。 ～渍。～洳（浸湿）。～染。～仁摩谊（用仁义之道感化教育人）。 * 流入。 东～于海
gradually
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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