Last Updated：2025/12/03

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clerical script

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Source Word

clerical script

Noun

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An archaic style of Chinese calligraphy, dominant during the Han dynasty. Characters are rather wide (in comparison with modern styles), with long, bold, and deliberate sweeping strokes. Unlike the preceding seal script, it is still legible to modern Chinese, and thus is usually used decoratively.

Japanese Meaning

隷書：漢代に主流となった古典的な中国書法の一形態。現代の字体と比較して文字が広く、長く太い筆致が特徴で、先行する篆書に比べて現代中国人にも読みやすく、装飾的に用いられることが多い。

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The restoration team discovered faint annotations in clerical script along the margins of the Han dynasty scroll.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

修復チームは漢代の巻物の余白に、幅広い字形と力強く流れる筆致が特徴の隷書で書かれたうっすらとした注釈を発見した。

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An archaic style of Chinese calligraphy, dominant during the Han dynasty. Characters are rather wide (in comparison with modern styles), with long, bold, and deliberate sweeping strokes. Unlike the preceding seal script, it is still legible to modern Chinese, and thus is usually used decoratively.

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