The shell bone script of character Collect is
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Amazing Chinese Characters (446) Collect - 罗(羅)
Monday, September 20, 2021
Amazing Chinese Characters (445) Investigate - 究
The big seal script of character Investigate is
The top is character of character Cave (Post 44)Monday, September 6, 2021
Amazing Chinese Characters (444) Grind - 研
The big seal script of character Grind is
The left is character Stone, the right 干干 means a mold, here is stone mortar. The character means using stone mortar to grind something. Chinese has used stone mortar to grind Chinese medicine for thousands years.
This kind
orSimilar to big seal script.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Amazing Chinese Characters (443) Nine - 九
The shell bone script of character Nine
There are many explanations.
1, an arm with a hand of person
2, a brooked cave or hole
3, a kind of snake or dragon.
No matter what, most people agree that it explores an unknown area by reach as far as possible. I prefer to the arm with open hand, trying to explore an unknown deep cave.
The bronze script of the character is
Which may be an arm, a snake or dragon, a hole, same as the shell bone script.
To me which is like a person kneeling down, and his head and arms stretching forward, searching something.
The big seal script of the character
Similar to bronze script.Same as clerical script.
The Pinyin of 九 is Jiu3.
Amazing Chinese Characters (752) Borderland - 陲
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