Friday, January 19, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (657) Young Girl - 娥

The shell bone script of character Young Girl is


The top is the character I or Me (Post 654), meaning people who do ramming. The bottom 


is character Woman (Post 20).

The character means a woman who does the ramming work, which is required a strong and energetic, normally young girls. 

The big seal script of character Young Girl is

The left is character Woman, the right is character I or Me.

The small seal script of character Young Woman is


The left is Woman, the right is character I or Me.

The clerical script of character Young Woman is

The left is Radical Woman, the right is character I or Me.

The pinyin of the character is E2.

The character now means Young Girl, normally is girls from low income families. Also it means good looking girl. 



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