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.
この印鑑には篆文が刻まれている。
This seal is engraved with seal script characters.
篆文は現代の漢字の
Seal script characters are one of the prototypes of modern kanji.
From 篆 (seal script) + 文 (character, writing). The term is a direct description of characters in the seal script style.