Amazing Chinese Characters (815) Live - 存

The big seal script of the character for Live

 

The left is character for Talent - 才 (Post 351),  the right is character for Child - 子 (Post 21). The original meaning of character Talent is Pillar, the critical structure of a house. The meaning of live is to have a solid living condition (stable housing) and kids for more labor and reproduction. 

There is another character In, On, At  - 在 (Post 385) 

The left is character for Soil (Post 223), the right is character for Talent (Post 223). 

The two characters are often used as a phrase 存在, meaning Exist: people need solid living condition, soil for food to meet current living need, and child for reproduction in the future. 

The small seal script of the character for Live

The left is character for Talent, the right is character for Child.

The clerical script of the character for Live

The right lower part 子 is character for Child, and the rest is character for Talent.

The song typeface of character for Live

 Similar to clerical script.

The Pinyin of the character is Cun2.