珪
guī
a jade table conferred upon feudal princes by the emperor as a symbol of dignity and authority
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Definitions
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+73EA |
Shuowen | “圭，瑞玉也，上圜下方。公執桓圭，九寸；侯執信圭，伯執躬圭，皆七寸；子執穀璧，男執蒲璧，皆五寸。以封諸侯。从重土。楚爵有執圭。珪，古文圭从玉。” |
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