Amazing Chinese Characters (816) Universe (space) - 宇

The bronze script of the character for Universe (space) 

The big door-alike is a big house, the inside is character for At or Prepositions, which means an ancient wind instrument made from bamboo, people could blow a tune with it. When you play a wind instrument, the sound of the music permeates the room, even spreading outdoors, which is the original meaning. But late, people used it to express infinite space.

The big seal script of the character for Universe (space) 

Similar to bronze script.

The small seal script of the character for Universe (space)

 

The outside is similar to that of older scripts, the inside is character for At or Prepositions but two horizontal lines are disconnected, 一 is over 丂. The 丂 is the bamboo instrument (the bamboo pipe bent makes the flow generate sound easier), the 一 on the top is indicator for air flow.

The clerical script of the character for Universe (space)

The outside door like becomes a roof like, the bottom is character for At or Prepositions.

The song typeface of the character for Universe 

Similar to clerical script.

The Pinyin of the character for Universe is Yu3.