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  *親* | 親* | *親
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
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  *琴* | 琴* | *琴
guqin 古琴 (a type of zither) / musical instrument in general
HSK 5
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  *琹* | 琹* | *琹
variant of , guqin or zither
HSK 5
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  *勤* | 勤* | *勤
diligent / industrious / hardworking / frequent / regular / constant
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  *嗪* | 嗪* | *嗪
used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
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  *撳* | 撳* | *撳
to press (with one's hand or finger)
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  *笉* | 笉* | *笉
smiling countenance / bamboo rope
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  *寢* | 寢* | *寢
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease
Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han
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  *侵* | 侵* | *侵
to invade / to encroach / to infringe / to approach
the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
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  *唚* | 唚* | *唚
to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense
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  *庈* | 庈* | *庈
(person)
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  *欽* | 欽* | *欽
surname Qin
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  *欽* | 欽* | *欽
to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
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  *狄* | 狄* | *狄
surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
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  *駸* | 駸* | *駸
fleet horse
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  *禽* | 禽* | *禽
generic term for birds and animals / birds / to capture (old)
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
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  *寑* | 寑* | *寑
old variant of 寢|寝
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
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  *嶔* | 嶔* | *嶔
loftiness (of mountain)
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author
serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
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  *擒* | 擒* | *擒
to capture
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
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  *噙* | 噙* | *噙
to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦
Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦
Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431)
Qin county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
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  *芩* | 芩* | *芩
Phragmites japonica
Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪
Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国, ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
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  *芹* | 芹* | *芹
Chinese celery
pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴 in the Qin and Han Dynasties
Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy
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  *雂* | 雂* | *雂
(bird)
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  *懃* | 懃* | *懃
variant of / industrious / solicitous
out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
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  *靲* | 靲* | *靲
leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水, Gansu
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  *鋟* | 鋟* | *鋟
to carve
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  *檎* | 檎* | *檎
(fruit)
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  *菣* | 菣* | *菣
Artemisia apiacea
Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国
Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
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  *綅* | 綅* | *綅
red silk crest of helmet
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC
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  *覃* | 覃* | *覃
surname Qin
widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)
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  *衾* | 衾* | *衾
coverlet / quilt
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
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  *慬* | 慬* | *慬
(literary) brave / worried / distressed
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
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  *廑* | 廑* | *廑
variant of
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  *螓* | 螓* | *螓
small cicada with a square head
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  *珡* | 珡* | *珡
variant of , guqin or zither
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  *厪* | 厪* | *厪
variant of
Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
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  *搇* | 搇* | *搇
variant of 撳|揿
Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
Wang Meng (325-375), prime minister to Fu Jian 苻堅|苻坚 of Former Qin 前秦
the end of the Qin dynasty 207 BC
Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC / same as 公孫起|公孙起
the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
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  *昑* | 昑* | *昑
bright
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子 text on military strategy
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝

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