Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Amazing Chinese Characters (814) And - 而

The shell bone script of the character for And

The side view of long beard, which is the original meaning of the character. Right now it is a popular conjunction in sentence same as And, But, Then, In addition, Furthermore, Moreover, etc. No explanation could be found how and why it becomes those meanings. what I guess is that long beard indicates old man who has much more experience and knowledge than middle aged and young people, therefore he was asked to give advice while discussion. He may often say "and, but, then, in addition, furthermore, moreover, etc. to give more examples in different situation during analysis before providing his final advice.

The bronze script of the character for And 

which is a front view of long beard.

The big seal script of the character for And

Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of the character for And

The uneven beard. 

The clerical script of the character for And

Similar to big seal. 

The song typeface of the character for And

Similar to clerical script.

The Pinyin of the character is Er2. 

 


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Amazing Chinese Characters (814) And - 而

The shell bone script of the character for And The side view of long beard, which is the original meaning of the character. Right now it is ...