关东出相，关西出将 in English
- (idiom) East of Hangu Pass, a literary tradition was said to produce many chancellors / west of it, a martial tradition produced many generals.
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
关
These are the forms of 關, the traditional character: 关 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 戰國.齊 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 11 forms
东
These are the forms of 東, the traditional character: 东 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
出
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 19 forms
相
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 22 forms
西
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東晉 - See all 36 forms
将
These are the forms of 將, the traditional character: 将 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).