秦統一六國後（221 BCE），秦始皇採納李斯建議，簡化漢字並制定統一標準，稱為小篆；秦代以前的文字則統稱大篆。小篆的形體勻圓整齊，是規範化的書體。

小篆(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,NA)
hsiao chuan(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,NA)
xiǎo zhuàn(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,NA)
xiǎo zhuàn(,U,漢語拼音-非偏好,UF,U,U)
xiao zhuan(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,NA)
small seal script(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,NA)
small-seal script(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<資訊形式組件>
........................<書寫體與活字類型>
............................手寫體 (書寫)
................................<依形式區分之書寫體>
....................................中國書體
........................................篆書
............................................小篆

distinguished from....

大篆

英文....	Chinese script developed after the First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 BCE, when he adopted Li Si's suggestion to standardize writing. The standardized script is called the small seal script, as opposed to the great seal scripts before the Qin. The standardized small seal script features round, neat, and well-balanced strokes and structures.

小篆............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	中國文物大辭典
.................	雄獅中國美術辭典
.................	書法辭典
hsiao chuan............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiǎo zhuàn............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiǎo zhuàn............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiao zhuan............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
small seal script............	[VP]
.................	Grove Art Online (2008-) "Chinese calligraphy," accessed 18 March 2011
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	Qi et al, Chinese Characters Then and Now (2004)
small-seal script............	[VP]
.................	Tseng, History of Chinese Calligraphy (1993)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Chinese Art Dictionary (1989)
.................	Calligraphy Dictionary (1989)
.................	Dictionary of Chinese Historical Relics (2008)

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聯合目錄： 小篆 、hsiao chuan 、xiǎo zhuàn 、xiǎo zhuàn 、xiao zhuan 、small seal script 、small-seal script