Monday, December 4, 2023

Amazing Chinese Characters(641)Return - 返

 The bronze script of character Return is


The left top is left half of character Walk or Road (Post 96) 

The bottom is character Stop or Foot (Post 93).


Total left means walking on the road. 

The right one is character Anti-, Against, Reverse (Post 430).

Walking in a reverse direction is Return.

The big seal script of character Return is
The left top and the bottom together mean the walking on the road, the right top is character Reverse.

The small seal script of character Return is


The left from top to bottom is the Radical Walking the right is character Reverse.

The clerical script of character Return is

The left and bottom is radical Walking, the right is the character Reverse.






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