篆てん文ぶん

noun

seal script character

Refers to a character written in seal script (篆書), an ancient style of Chinese calligraphy used especially for seals and formal inscriptions.

• この印いん鑑かんには篆てん文ぶんが刻きざまれている。

  This seal is engraved with seal script characters.

• 篆てん文ぶんは現げん代だいの漢かん字じの原げん型けいの一ひとつだ。

  Seal script characters are one of the prototypes of modern kanji.