Saturday, March 16, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (676) Hyperactive - 亢

 The shell bone script of character Hyperactive is

A character Big

with a horizontal line between two legs. 

The character means that a man is over confident, over proud himself, standing with two legs apart big. The horizontal line indicates that he couldn't or doesn't want to put his legs together. The original meaning has little or no Hyperactive.

The bronze script of character Hyperactive is


Similar to its shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Hyperactive is 
The top and bottom are separated, the horizontal short line between legs disappeared, lost the pictography.

The small seal script of character Hyperactive is

Similar to its big seal script.

The clerical script of character Hyperactive is

Similar to big, small seal scripts, except the top is changed from a little bit curve to straight line.

The Pinyin of the character is Kang4.

The character means Hyperactive too, added the meaning more than two thousand years ago. but still keeps the meaning of Over Proud. 




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