Unicode: U+9561

Pinyin: tán xín

Definition

* 宝剑的剑鼻,剑柄和剑身连接处的两旁突出部分。亦称"剑口"、"剑环"。 * 古代兵器,似剑而狭小

dagger; small sword

Structure

镡 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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 ->
27_9414
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 ->
85_E8F3

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC