zhuàn

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Meaning of

篆 means seal script, ancient Chinese calligraphy style; write in seal script. Pronounced zhuàn.

  • seal script, ancient Chinese calligraphy style
  • write in seal script
  • seal; stamp

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

dài
de
bēi
wén
duō
yòng
zhuàn
shū
shū
xiě
 

Ancient inscriptions on steles were mostly written in seal script.

Shū
shàng
men
xué
le
zhuàn
xiǎo
zhuàn
de
bié
 

In calligraphy class we learned the differences between large seal script and small seal script.

Zhēn
cǎo
zhuàn
shì
zhǒng
chuán
tǒng
hàn
shū
 

Regular, cursive, clerical, and seal scripts are four traditional Chinese calligraphy styles.

Zhè
jiàn
qīng
tóng
shàng
de
zhuàn
shù
míng
wén
fēi
cháng
jīng
měi
 

The seal script inscription on this bronze vessel is very exquisite.

shōu
cáng
le
duō
dài
yǒu
zhuàn
shū
zhuāng
shì
de
dǒng
 

He collected many antiques decorated with seal script.