Amazing Chinese Characters (709) Cabinet - 柜

The big seal script of character Cabinet is

The left is character Wood (Post 10), the right is character Huge. The character means a big wood cabinet.

The small seal script of character Cabinet is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Cabinet is 

The left is Radical Wood, the right is character Lack, not big ruler as older scripts. The reason to change is unknown. I just guess that the cabinet is a container for home goods, so it has 匚, a cabinet alike. Inside 匚 is character Expensive (Post 224), meaning the content in the cabinet is expensive goods.

The simplified song typeface of the character is

The right changed back to character Huge.

The Pinyin of character Cabinet is Gui4.

 

 

Amazing Chinese Characters (708) Distance - 距

 The bronze script of character Distance is

The left is character Foot (Post 93), the right is character Huge, means big ruler here. The character means that to measure a distance by foot, walking there, counting how many steps; using ruler to measure how long it is for one step. Then people can get the distance.

The big seal script of character Distance is

Similar to bronze script: the left is character Foot, the right is character Huge.

The small seal script of character Distance is

Similar to older scripts.

The clerical script of character Distance is

Similar to older scripts. 

The Pinyin of character Distance is Ju4.

Amazing Chinese Characters (707) Ruler - 矩

The bronze script of character Ruler is

The left is character Huge, means a big ruler, the right is a person holding the big ruler. The character means to measure with a big ruler. 

The big seal script of character Ruler is

Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of character Ruler is

The left is character Arrow (Post 38), means direction and measure here. The right top is character Huge, means big ruler, the bottom is character Wood, means that the ruler is made from wood. 

The clerical script of character Ruler is

Similar to small seal script: the left is character Arrow, the right is character Huge.

The pinyin of character Ruler is Ju3.

The character 矩 also means "The rules of life", or "Ruler for behaviors".

Amazing Chinese Characters (706）Huge - 巨

The bronze script of character Huge is

The middle like

is character Work （Post 465), meaning mortise-tenon structure. The middle circle is the handle for two workers to hold in order to lift the huge structure. The handle indicats the structure is big and heavy.

The big seal script of character Huge is

The left is a big mortise-tenon structure, the right is a person who lift the structure with his hand holding the handle. It may mean the structure is huge, or the person is big.

The small seal script of character Huge is

similar to the left of big seal script above, one handle huge structure.

The clerical script of character Huge is

The handle becomes square, the structure is not symmetrical, lost some pictography.

The Pinyin of the character is Ju4.

Amazing Chinese Characters (705) Send - 寄

The big seal script of character Send is

The top curve is a house roof, the bottom inside is character Strange (Post 242), here it means a feigner from Middle East lodges in a family or inn. The original meaning of the character is Lodge, which still has the meaning, but not the major one. The major meaning of the character is to Send, or Mail. Probably send a mail or letter needs ride a horse in ancient time, and lodge inn on the way, which is similar to business men ride horse or camel, lodge in inn while doing trade between China and Middle East. 

The small seal script of character Send is 

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Send is

The top roof is very small, not cover the character Strange. It is not very pictographic, which is the characteristics of clerical script.

The Pinyin of character Send - 寄 is Ji4.

 

Amazing Chinese Characters (704）Chair - 椅

 The big seal script of character Chair is

The left is character Wood (Post 10), the right part is character Strange (Post 242). 奇 means the business men from western area (Middle East) through the Silk Road connected China and Middle East in 3000 years ago. They brought chairs and the technology of how to make chairs. Ancient Chinese didn't sit on chairs, but sit or kneel down on bed or floor just like Japanese and Korean do today. Chinese started to make chair and sit on chairs about at least 2000 years ago. 

The Chair used about 2000 years ago.

The small seal script of character Chair is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Chair is

The left is Radical Wood, the right is character Strange.

The Pinyin of the character Chair is Yi1.