Large Seal Script
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Large Seal Script is an early standardized form of Chinese writing used during the Zhou dynasty, characterized by its more complex and less regularized characters compared to the later Small Seal Script.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese script
ⓘ
historical writing system ⓘ logographic script ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Great Seal Script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristics |
curvilinear and pictorial elements
ⓘ
high degree of graphic variation ⓘ less regularized shapes than Small Seal Script ⓘ more complex character forms than Small Seal Script ⓘ |
| classificationIssue | term sometimes used broadly for pre-Qin scripts other than Small Seal ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Zhou ritual and political culture ⓘ |
| encodingStatus | not separately encoded as a modern computer font standard ⓘ |
| followedBy | Small Seal Script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
official inscriptions
ⓘ
recording political events ⓘ ritual inscriptions ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | superseded as standard script after Qin unification ⓘ |
| influenced |
Small Seal Script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later forms of Chinese calligraphy ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 大篆 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Bronze script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oracle bone script ⓘ |
| region |
Ancient China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
states of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bronze script
ⓘ
Oracle bone script ⓘ Small Seal Script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | ancient Chinese script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Seal script ⓘ |
| scriptType | logographic ⓘ |
| standardizationLevel | less standardized than Small Seal Script ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
before Qin unification ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Eastern Zhou period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOn |
bamboo slips
ⓘ
bronze inscriptions ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ wooden slips ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
less uniform stroke thickness than Small Seal Script
ⓘ
more archaic and pictographic appearance ⓘ |
| writingDirection |
columns ordered right-to-left
ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ vertical columns ⓘ |
| writingMedium | inscribed with knives or brushes ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Chinese language ⓘ |
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