Friday, June 21, 2024

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.





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