篆书

篆書

zhuànshū

noun

Meanings

1 seal script (ancient Chinese calligraphic style)

Characters

script; writing

Examples

HSK 3

他练了十年篆书。

Tā liàn le shínián zhuànshū.

He has practiced seal script for ten years.

HSK 7-9

这方印章是篆书。

Zhè fāng yìnzhāng shì zhuànshū.

This seal is carved in seal script.

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