Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (613) Burn - 烧(燒)

The big seal script of character Burn is


The left is character Fire (Post 26), the right is character Emperor Yao (Post 612). Using fire to burn the adobe bricks is Burn. Later on all using fire to burn something like pottery are Burn.

The small seal script of character Burn is


Similar to big seal script.

Clerical script of character Burn is

Similar to older scripts.
The simplified song typeface of character Burn is


The right part becomes 尧 with unknown reason.
The Pinyin of character Burn is Shao1.




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