篆书 (篆書)
zhuàn shū
Pinyin

Definition

篆书 (篆書)
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zhuàn shū
  1. seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

篆刻
zhuàn kè
  1. 1 carving a seal
小篆
xiǎo zhuàn
  1. 1 the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
篆书
zhuàn shū
  1. 1 seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
篆体
zhuàn tǐ
  1. 1 see also: 篆书 zhuàn shū

Sample Sentences

大陆也有人嚷着要恢复繁体字。不过简体方便，容易写容易记。据说扫盲多亏了它。再说几千年来汉字一直在简化啊。从甲骨文、金文变为篆书，再变为隶书、楷书，总体趋势就是从繁到简。
dàlù yě yǒurén rǎng zhe yào huīfù fántǐzì 。bùguò jiǎntī fāngbiàn ，róngyì xiě róngyì jì 。jùshuō sǎománg duōkuī le tā 。zàishuō jǐ qiān nián lái hànzì yīzhí zài jiǎnhuà ā 。cóng jiǎgǔwén 、jīnwén biàn wéi zhuànshū ，zài biàn wéi lìshū 、kǎishū ，zǒngtǐ qūshì jiùshì cóng fán dào jiǎn 。
There are also people on the mainland who say we should get back to traditional characters. But simplified characters are convenient, easy to remember and to write. Apparently they did a lot to reduce illiteracy. And furthermore, Chinese characters have been being simplified for thousands of years. From oracle bones and bronze inscriptions to seal script, and then again to the Han script and regular script-- the general trend is from complexity to simplicity.
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