Friday, December 30, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (555) Browse - 览(覽)

 The big seal script of character Browse is

The top left is character Minister, actually a big eye. The top right is a person bent his back to watch downward (See character Facing, Post 422). The right bottom is character Utensil (Post 144) with a dot in it, which is something such as food.

The bottom part of the character is character Meet (Post 201), emphasizing the character meaning of Looking At. 

The small seal script of character Browse is 
Similar to the big seal script with the top right changed a lot

The clerical script of character Browse is
Similar to small seal script except the top right which is changed too much to be similar to that in small seal script.

The traditional song typeface of the character is
Almost same as the clerical script.

The simplified song typeface of the character is

All changed, no pictography exist anymore.

The Pinyin of the character is Lan3.





 


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