Monday, March 10, 2025

Amazing Chinese Characters (757)Pull Grass - 刍(芻)

The shell bone script of character Pull Grass is

A hand pulls grass and holds in hand.

is hand.

The bronze script of character Pull Grass is

Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Pull Grass is

The grass is on the hand, not in the hand now, which is changed from its original meaning. The bottom is the hand.

The small seal script of character Pull Grass is
The circle is a bent body of a person who is pulling grass, double the part means repeating.

The clerical script of character Pull Grass is
The two circles become two 勹, which means body. Inside the middle straight vertical lines of grass become falling-left curves for writing easier. It means pulling grass repeatedly now. 

The simplified song typeface of the character Pull Grass is


There is no relationship between the simplified form and the original forms, and the pictography of the character is disappeared. 

The pinyin of the character is Chu2.





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