Monday, October 31, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (110) Gather - 集

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (109) Pair - 双(雙)

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (108) One (unit) - 只(隻)

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (107) Short - Tailed Bird - 隹

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (106) Pavilion - 亭

The shell bone script of character Pavilion is



The top is a roof and high attic, the bottom is the pillar, only pillar, which should be a small Pavilion. 

Let's see its small seal script



We can see three pillars right now with beams. The following is typical Chinese pavilion


There are actually 6 pillars. Three pillars should be normal in the ancient time.
Its clerical script is

Its clerical script is


Its bottom changed a little bit, the two legs on the sides become much shorter than the middle one, the middle one has a hook which is added by calligraphists for some unknown reason.

The song typeface of the character is


very similar to its clerical script.

Its Pinyin is Ting1.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (105) Liquor - 酒

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (104) Liquor Jug - 酉

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (103) Friend - 友

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (102) Again - 又

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Amazing Chinese Characters (101) Crowd - 众(眾)

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (100) Sunrise - 旦

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (99) Shoot - 射

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Amazing Chinese Characters (98) Chinese Inch - 寸

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (97) Body - 身

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Friday, October 7, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (96) Walk and Move - 走,行

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (95) Wade - 涉

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (94) Step - 步

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Monday, October 3, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (93) Stop and Foot - 止, 足

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Amazing Chinese Characters (92) Maintain - 维(維)

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Amazing Chinese Characters (91) Tie - 系(係)

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Amazing Chinese Characters (752) Borderland - 陲

The bronze script of character Borderland is The left is cliff, the right is character Hang Down (Post 410). The remote Borderland is area w...