duàn
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Original meaning:
forge metal
Pictograph of a hand holding a forging hammer (殳) and hitting a stone (石). Based on the original meaning "forge", now written as 鍛. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Evolution
![段 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC) 段 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AE%B5_0.png)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)![段 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 段 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AE%B5_2.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![段 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 段 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AE%B5_5.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 段
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