小篆

xiǎozhuàn

noun

Meanings

1 small seal script
2 Qin seal script

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

很多印章上刻的是小篆。

Hěnduō yìnzhāng shàng kè de shì xiǎozhuàn.

Many seals are carved in small seal script.

HSK 7-9

秦始皇统一六国以后，把小篆定为全国通用的文字。

Qínshǐhuáng tǒngyī liùguó yǐhòu, bǎ xiǎozhuàn dìngwéi quánguó tōngyòng de wénzì.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the six states, he made small seal script the standard script of the whole country.

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history

小篆 was standardized around 221 BCE by the chancellor 李斯, who trimmed the older 大篆 into one national form. The Han dictionary 《说文解字》 is arranged by it, and 隶书 (clerical script) soon replaced it for everyday writing.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

篆 zhuàn