Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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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