Monday, August 5, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (718) Race - 族

The shell bone script of character Race is


The top is a flag, not same as the modern flag.  


The bottom is an arrow. 

In the ancient time, the battle between tribes is often. One tribe is like a troop following the flag, and shoot the arrows to same enemy. 

The bronze script of character Race is 
Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Race is
Similar to old scripts.

The small seal script of character Race is


The flagpole and the flag separated.

The clerical script of character Race is


The radical Square, and right top a little deformed 人, the bottom right is character Arrow - 矢.

The Pinyin of the character is Zu2.


 


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