(ancient form of 丹) cinnabar

Evolution

㣋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㣋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

(ancient form of ) cinnabar, red; scarlet, a pill, a sophisticated decoction

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+38CB

Shuowen

“丹,巴越之赤石也。象采丹井,一象丹形。,古文丹。,亦古文丹。”


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