Monday, April 1, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (680) Lecture - 仑(侖)

The shell bone script of character Lecture is

The top is human upper lip, the bottom is character Book or Volume (册). Talking about the principle and content in the book, which is a lecture. 

The bronze script of character Lecture is 

The top is lip, the bottom is character Book or Volume, the two long vertical lines and three short lines may mean that the bamboo slips are not in same length, or the casting technique was not good to keep all lines in same length. 

The big seal script of character Lecture is

Similar to bronze script with all vertical lines in same length.

The small seal script of character Lecture is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Lecture is
Similar to big and small seal scripts, but the bottom is only one horizontal line, not same as the rope connecting bamboo slips, lost the pictography.

The simplified song typeface of character Lecture is

The top missing a short horizontal line which is the lip. The bottom became in explicable. The character totally lost the pictography.

The Pinyin of the character is Lun2.



 

 


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