篆书 (zhuànshū): seal script (ancient Chinese ca…

Meanings

1 seal script (ancient Chinese calligraphic style)

Characters

篆

Examples

这方印章是篆书。

Zhè fāng yìnzhāng shì zhuànshū.

This seal is carved in seal script.

他练了十年篆书。

Tā liànle shí nián zhuànshū.

He has practiced seal script for ten years.

Tips

history

Oldest of the standard calligraphic scripts. 大篆 (Great Seal) predates the Qin; 小篆 (Small Seal) was standardized by Li Si under Qin Shi Huang around 221 BCE as the first unified national script. Still used today on name seals (印章).

Stroke Order

篆 zhuàn

书 shū

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