Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Amazing Chinese Characters (809) Cover - 奄

The bronze script of the character for Cover is

The top is character for Electricity (Post 247), the bottom is character for Big (Post 76), here it means a person. During a lightning strike, a person can be completely obscured in an instant. 

The character has two meanings: 

1, cover; 2, sudden.

The big seal of the character for Cover is

The top is character for Big, the bottom is character for Electricity. The two characters positions are exchanged, why? I guess it is because easier to write, not change the meaning of character. 

The small script of the character for Cover is  

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character for Cover is

The top is character for Big, the bottom is character for Electricity.

The song typeface of character for Cover is

Similar to clerical script.

The pinyin of character for Cover is Yan1.


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