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秦篆

Mandarin · pinyin Qín zhuàn

seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty
the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆

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秦: qín · feudal state of Qin; the Qin dynasty (from which the name 'China' comes)
篆: zhuàn · seal script; seal, official stamp

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2–4 · Qin2 zhuan4

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ceon4 syun6

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noun

small seal script (the form of Chinese characters based on the script of the state of Qin and standardized by Li Si around 220 BC)

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