鸟虫书

鳥蟲書
niǎochóngshū
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆书 zhuànshū, but with characters decorated as birds and insects

CEDICT

书体名。是春秋战国到两汉期间，通行于长江中下游吴、楚、宋、越等地区的美术字体。此种字体是在篆书结构的基础上，加上鸟虫形体的纹饰，因而得名。最初纯属装饰，多铸刻于兵器、乐器及酒器铭文，后由于此种字体的笔画盘旋屈曲，花样繁多，不易作伪，所以渐用于书写旗帜及符信，后也用于玺印、带钩等题名。传世有吴王子于戈、楚王酓璋戈、宋公栾戈、越王句践剑等器。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 鸟 niǎo
  1. bird
  2. "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
  3. (dialect) to pay attention to
  4. (intensifier) damned
  5. goddamn

classifiers: 隻, 群
=2 虫 chóng variant of 虫 chóng
=2 虫 chóng
  1. lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  2. (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

classifiers: 條, 隻
3 书 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部