Friday, May 6, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (499) Shit - 屎

 The bronze script of character Shit is


The left is character Person/People (Post 37), the right is character Rice (Post 163). A person is pooping. The poo is from digested rice.

The big seal script of character Shit is


The top is character Body (Post 423), the bottom inside is character Rice. We can see that the character Body is just a bent more character Person.

The small seal script of the character is missing, very rare situation. The reason is unknown.

The clerical script of the character is

The top is character Body, the low part is character Rice.

The Pinyin of the character is Shi3.



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