篆てん

noun

seal script; seal-engraving style

Refers to the ancient Chinese calligraphic style used for seals and engravings. Often appears in the compound 篆書 (てんしょ).

See also: 篆書

• 篆てん書しょ体たいの印いん鑑かんを作つくってもらった。

  I had a seal made in the seal script style.

• この石せき碑ひには篆てんで文も字じが刻きざまれている。

  Characters are carved on this stone monument in seal script.