Friday, May 6, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (498) Singing and Dancing - 吴

The shell bone script of character of Singing and Dancing is

The top is Mouth, the bottom is character 夭 (Post 424).

The bronze script of the character is

The left is a dancer, the top right is mouth, a person is singing and dancing.

The big seal script of the character is

Same as bronze script.
The small seal script of the character is

The mouth is in the middle, but the body is twist very much.

The clerical script of the character is

The top is character Mouth, the bottom is character Sky (Post 132).
The pinyin of the character is Wu.

Character 吴 is used as a family name, the original meaning "Singing and Dancing" is lost.



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