The big seal script of character Thin is
The small seal script of character Thin is
Very
similar to big seal script, but middle line of character Fire connects to the top dot to become a long line, which is confusing and wrong, because people
would misunderstand, or unable to understand unless he digs the origin
of the character.
The clerical script of character Thin is
The big seal script of Radical Sickness is
The right is character Bed Board - 爿 (Post 635). Because there was no paper in shell bone script time, all characters were written on bamboo slips, which are very narrow, only about 8 mm wide. Therefore many character were written vertically to get enough room for long lines.
The left is character Person (Post 37) with two long dots which are drops of sweat. A man is lying on the bed with sweating, implying that the man is very ill. It means sickness, illness, disease, disorder, etc. all minor or severe health problems. At that time, it was a character.
The big seal script of character Sickness is
The shell bone script of character Old Man is
The top is roof, the middle is character Fire (Post 26), the bottom is character Again - 又 (Post 102), meaning a hand. In the ancient time, fire was the most important thing to people. There were no matches, how to create fire and keep it burning is very critical, therefore, only the ones who had long experience in this field could do the job, normally it was the old men, were in charge of the job.
Even though the character means Old Man, but the original meaning imply "The person who is in charge" too. We will see the meaning in character Sister in Law - 嫂.
The bronze script of character Old Man is
The small seal script of character Old Man is
Similar to big seal script.
The clerical script of character Old Man is
The song typeface of character Old Man is
Very similar to clerical script.
The Pinyin of character 叟 is Sou3.
The shell bone script of character Haughty is
The character also means High, Hyperactive, etc. But I believe that the original meaning is Haughty.
The bronze script of character Haughty is
Similar to shell bone script.
The big seal script of character Haughty is
The small seal script of character Haughty is
Similar to big seal script.
The clerical script of character Haughty is
The song typeface of character Haughty is
Similar to clerical script.
The pinyin of character 亢 is Kang4.
The bronze script of character Several (幾）/How Many is
The top left is character Silk (Post 36).
The right one is character Dagger-Axe (Post 80).
The small one in the bottom is character Person (Post 37).
The character original meaning is "People use yarn to weave cloth". It changed to "How many?", and "Several". Probably because, the loom was big, operated by two or more people. They asked "How many spindles do we need?" often, and "several", "a few" are the answers. Therefore it means "how many?", or "several", both are single digit. It is unreasonable to ask an adult "你幾岁？“, because adult is at least 18 years old, much bigger than 10. "你幾岁？“ could only be used in asking a child who is less than 10.
The small seal script of character Several/How Many is
The clerical script of character Several/How Many is
Some similarity to small seal script, the top are spindles, the loom middle stroke is extended up in between the two spindles, the bottom left person becomes 人.
The song typeface of character Several/How Many is
Pinyin of the character is Ji3.
Let's see another version of character Several/How Many.
The big seal script of character Several (几) /How Many is
a small (tea) table. It has no other meaning. The Several/How Many meanings were added on it when simplification of Chinese characters in 1950s in mainland China. The purpose of doing so it to eliminate the character 幾.
The small seal script of character Several/How Many is
The song typeface of character Several /How Many is
The strokes extend on both side, the right one is even curved up, which is from standard script for a better looking.
The Pinyin of character 几 is Ji3, same as that of 幾.
I have to point out that 幾, and 几 have existed for at least 2500+ years, each had its own meaning. The simplification in 1950s, added the all meanings of 幾 onto 几，then abandoned 幾. Right now, in simplified Chinese, 幾 is disappeared, 几 means "Tea table/small table, several/how many". But in traditional Chinese used in Tai Wan, both exist, and keep each original meanings.
The shell bone script of character Thorn is
The three arrows in three directions are thorns on a tree, the bottom is the root of the tree.
The bronze script of character Thorn is
Similar to shell bone script.
The small seal script of character Thorn is
The song typeface of character Thorn is
The Pinyin of character Thorn is Ci4.
The bronze script of character Speed is
the script is slanted, I don't know why. The down left is
The up right is character Bind (Post 397).
When people want to walk fast, they bind or tie their clothes, shoes, and the stuffs they carry.
The big seal script of character Speed is
The small seal script of character Speed is
The clerical script of character Speed is
The song typeface of character Speed is
Similar to clerical script.
The pinyin of character Speed is Su4.
The big seal script of character Thin is The left and top is Radical Sickness (Post 804), the right (except the top horizontal line) is ch...
