biàn

(same as 弁) a conical cap worn on ceremonious occasions in ancient times

Evolution

㝸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㝸 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㝸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

biàn

(same as ) a conical cap worn on ceremonious occasions in ancient times, low-ranking military officers, a Chinese family name

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+3778

Shuowen

“,冕也。周曰,殷曰吁,夏曰收。从皃,象形。,籀文从廾,上象形。弁,或字。”


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