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clerical script

noun

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 隸書／隶书 (lìshū). Tradition holds that clerical script developed out of the needs of clerks.

  1. derived from 隸書／隶书

Definitions

  1. An archaic style of Chinese calligraphy, dominant during the Han dynasty. Characters are…

    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 easily legible to modern readers, and thus remains in decorative use.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for clerical script. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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