大篆

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	seal characters
trad. (大篆)		大	篆
simp. #(大篆)		大	篆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chuan⁴
    • Yale: dà-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjuann
    • Palladius: дачжуань (dačžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/

Noun

大篆

1. large seal script (calligraphic style of Chinese characters)
2. Alternative name for 籀文 (zhòuwén, “zhouwen (style of calligraphy in use during the Zhou dynasty)”).
3. any type of pre-Qin script

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	篆
だい Grade: 1	てん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

大(だい)篆(てん) • (daiten) 

1. large seal script: a calligraphic style of Chinese characters