篆刻

Chinese
seal characters
 
quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve
quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (篆刻) 篆 刻
simp. #(篆刻) 篆 刻
Literally: “to carve seal script”.

Pronunciation

Verb

篆刻

  1. to cut a pattern into the bottom face of a seal

Noun

篆刻

  1. seal cutting; seal carving; seal engraving
    明朝和清朝是篆刻藝術的兩段黃金時期。 [MSC, trad.]
    明朝和清朝是篆刻艺术的两段黄金时期。 [MSC, simp.]
    Míngcháo hé Qīngcháo shì zhuànkè yìshù de liǎng duàn huángjīnshíqī. [Pinyin]
    The Ming and Qing dynasties were golden periods for the art of seal cutting.
  2. carved seal
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