篆 — Chinese character
篆
zhuàn
seal script; seal, stamp
- Pinyin
- zhuàn
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 彖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 彖
- Japanese
- 篆 as a kanji
Common words with 篆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篆刻 | zhuàn kè | to carve a seal; a seal |
| 篆书 (篆書) | zhuàn shū | seal script (Chinese calligraphic style) |
| 小篆 | xiǎo zhuàn | the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty |
| 篆体 (篆體) | zhuàn tǐ | see 篆书 (zhuàn shū) |
| 大篆 | dà zhuàn | the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文 |
| 篆工 | zhuàn gōng | craftsman engaged in carving characters |
| 雕虫篆刻 (雕蟲篆刻) | diāo chóng zhuàn kè | literary trifles; minor skill |
| 鸟篆 (鳥篆) | niǎo zhuàn | bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.