Saturday, May 30, 2026

Amazing Chinese Characters (802) Haughty - 亢

The shell bone script of character Haughty is

A person opens his legs wide. It feels like something is stuck between his legs, unable to put the two legs together or closer, which describes haughty people's typical posture of superiority.

The character also means High, Hyperactive, etc. But I believe that the original meaning is Haughty. 

The bronze script of character Haughty is

Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Haughty is

The top body is disconnected from rest of body, nothing is between the two legs, which is not as good as the older scripts for the meaning.

The small seal script of character Haughty is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Haughty is 

Similar to small seal script but the top horizontal line becomes straight, the bottom legs become bent, lost the pictography.

The song typeface of character Haughty is

Similar to clerical script.

The pinyin of character 亢 is Kang4. 

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Amazing Chinese Characters (802) Haughty - 亢

The shell bone script of character Haughty is A person opens his legs wide. It feels like something is stuck between his legs, unable to put...