Thursday, February 9, 2023

Amazing Chinese characters (569) Frugal - 俭(儉)

 The big seal script of character Frugal is


The left is character Person, the right is character Everyone Agrees - 僉(佥) which means Everyone Agrees on something or someone.Here is to examine someone and give an evaluation on his behavior and moral characters. Because in ancient time, the material poverty, therefore frugal was the most important character for a public person. 

The small seal script of character Frugal is


Similar to older scripts.

The clerical script of character Frugal is


The left is Radical Person, the right is character Everyone Agrees.

The Pinyin of the character is Jian3.
 


Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Amazing Chinese characters (568) Examine - 验(驗)

The big seal script of character Examine is

The left is character Horse, the right is character Everyone Agrees. Everyone examines the horse to get an agreement about the horse. The character means Examine, Check, Verify, etc.

The small script of character Examine is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of the character is
Similar to older scripts.

The traditional song typeface is

Same as the clerical script.

The simplified song typeface is
The left Horse - 馬 is simplified to 马; the right Everyone Agrees - 僉 is simplified to 佥.

The Pinyin of the character is Yan4.










Amazing Chinese characters (567) Inspect - 检(檢)

 The big seal script of character Inspect is


The left is character Wood, the right is character Everyone Agrees. Everyone checks the wood, and giving a report of the inspection everyone agrees. 

The small seal script of character Inspect is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Inspect is

Similar to older scripts except minor difference on the right bottom.

The traditional song typeface is


Same as clerical script.

The simplified song typeface is

The right 僉 changed to 佥, lost the pictography. 

The pinyin of the character is Jian3.
 



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