Thursday, October 20, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (538) Celebrate - 庆(慶)

 The shell bone script of character Celebrate is

A deer and its heart which is emphasized by visible from outside. In ancient, the deer was a fetish, could bring happiness and longevity to people. 

Deer heart means that people got the blessing from deer.

The bronze script of character Celebrate is


The top is deer head, the horizontal U is deer body, the heart is inside the body, the bottom is a deer foot.

The big seal script of character Celebrate is
Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of the character is
Some similarity to the big seal script, the head and foot are different, especially the left vertical long line is new.

The clerical script of the character is
Some similarity to small seal script, the top 山 becomes a dot, the middle heart changes to 心 - meaning heart. 

The Pinyin of the character is Qing4. 


 


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