Monday, August 8, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (521) Pretty Girl - 娟

 The big seal script of character Pretty is


The left is character Woman (Post 20), the right one is character Silkworm (Post 518). The character means that the little girl is pretty as a silkworm.

The small seal script of character Pretty is

The left is Woman, the right is Silkworm.

The clerical script of character Pretty is
Similar to older scripts, the left is Woman, the right is Silkworm.

The pinyin of the character is Juan1, same as 绢,涓. This is the difficulty to learn oral Chinese, you have too many characters pronounced exactly the same. However, learn Chinese from pictography, you will never be confused because each character is unique. 


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