Sunday, October 1, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters (622) Support - 支

 The big seal script of character Support is

The top is half character Bamboo (Post 23), the bottom is a hand.

Let's see the big seal script of character Bamboo
A hand holding a bamboo means Support. In the ancient time, people used bamboo to build houses, and bridges.

The small seal script of character Support is
Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Support is

The top bamboo falling down strokes becomes a horizontal line, the bottom becomes character Again (
Post 102), which original means Hand.

The pinyin of the character is Zhi1.


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