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early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[]Sources & editorial notes
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石鼓文 石鼓文 [shi2 gu3 wen2] /early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4]/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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