懂中文 Dong Chinese

篆

zhuàn

seal script

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

bamboo

彖 sound component

彖  Sound component

tuàn

  

a hog

Evolution

篆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
篆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
篆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

篆  

zhuàn

seal script; seal, official stamp; seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script

Most common words with 篆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

篆

seal (of office)

篆刻

carving a seal

小篆

the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty

篆书

seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

大篆

the great seal