Friday, November 18, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (545) God - 神

 The bronze script of character God is

The left is character Display - 示(Post 329), the right is character Extend - 申(Post 544), here means Lightning, Ancient Chinese believed that the powerful lightning must be created by God who is showing the power by making lightning.

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

The small seal script of character God is
The right part, lightning is changed a lot. The long vertical reverse S line is the lightning, The two fork alike stuffs are God's hands.

The clerical script of character God is
The left is the Radical of Display, and the right is character Extend, meaning lightning.

The pinyin of character God is Shen2.

Chinese are polytheism, the God who is in charge of lightning is Thunder God. 






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