Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (620) Use - 用

 The shell bone script of character Use is


It is a wood fence, or gate of fence. The left top is an open gate for people to get in and out. The fence was very useful, because it protects the people in village. 

The bronze script of character Use is

Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Use is
Similar to older scripts.

The small seal script of character Use is
Similar to older scripts.

The clerical script of character Use is

Similar to older scripts except the open gate disappeared because people at that time (Han Dynasty, 202 BC - 220 AC) paid much more attention to how quick they could write than the pictography of the characters. It is quicker to write one line without break.

The Pinyin of the character is Yong4.



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