Thursday, October 24, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (740) Twenty - 廿

The shell bone script of character Twenty is


A role folded to two lines, one line represents Ten (Post 739), two lines represent twenty. 

The bronze script of character Twenty is

One bent rope has two knots, one  represents ten, so total is twenty.

The big seal script of character Twenty is

The two knots are replaced by a horizontal line.

The small seal script of character Twenty is

Similar to its big seal script.

The clerical script of character Twenty is

Similar to big and small seal scripts.

The Pinyin of the character Twenty is Nian4.





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