籒 (zhòu) - Zhou — an ancient style of Chinese script & also refers to reading or perusing ancient texts.

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zhòu ｜ 21 strokes ｜ radical:

志

籒 · zhòu

Zhou — an ancient style of Chinese script used during the Zhou dynasty;

also refers to reading or perusing ancient texts.

Zhou — an ancient style of Chinese scriptalso refers to reading or perusing ancient texts.

Usage highlights

Zhou scriptread ancient textsstudy inscriptionsancient script researchZhou dynasty scriptbronze script

Synonyms

  • 篆— seal script (another ancient Chinese script style)
  • 古文— ancient script (general term for ancient writing forms)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He studies ancient Zhou script (籒文).
  • This text requires careful reading (籒读).
  • The scholar examined the bronze inscriptions (籒金文).
  • Ancient script research(籒古学)

Collocations

  • Zhou script(籒文)
  • read ancient texts(籒读)
  • study inscriptions(籒金文)
  • ancient script research(籒古学)
  • Zhou dynasty script(周籒)
  • bronze script(籒鼎文)

Idioms

  • Studying ancient scripts and texts(籒文考字)
  • Reading and interpreting ancient inscriptions(籒金释文)
  • Researching ancient character forms(籒古探源)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 籒文 refers to the ancient Chinese script used during the Zhou dynasty, particularly on bronze vessels and stone drums.
  • The character itself is rarely used in modern Chinese except in specialized contexts of paleography and epigraphy.
  • It represents one of the early standardized forms of Chinese writing that preceded the small seal script.

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