Thursday, August 15, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (721) Entangle - 纠

 The big seal script of character Entangle is

The left is silk, the right is something entangled, such as silk thread.

 


Correct here is verb, means you make correction; not adjective. When a small tree grows not straight up, you could use silk or rope tie it which a straight pole to force the tree grow straight. The character also means the connection, but is very deep connection in which two sides are undivided easily.


The small seal script of character Entangle is


 Similar to big seal script in structure, but different in strokes, wider curves.


The clerical script of character Entangle is


 The left is Radical Silk, the right is simplified the entangled silk or rope. Too simplified to see the similarity.

 

The simplified song typeface of character Entangle is


The three dots in the bottom become a "kick".

The Pinyin of the character is Jiu1.

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