Friday, September 6, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (725) Road-Gate - 甬

The bronze script of character Road-Gate is


A fence with gate used to protect the people from enemy. The gate has a handle on the top to help open the gate because it is heavy.

The big seal script of character Road-Gate is

Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of character Road-Gate is

Similar to older scripts.

The clerical script of character Road-Gate is
Some similarity to older script, but the top is sealed, not open, which changed the original meaning of fence with gate, no gate anymore.

The Pinyin of the character is Yong3.





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