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the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
to carve a seal / a seal
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC
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seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script
craftsman engaged in carving characters
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
literary trifles / minor skill


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