Amazing Chinese Characters (819) All/Every - 凡

The shell bone script of the character for All/Every 

a brick mold. Because all bricks are from the same size mold, they are identical, we can say "all" or "every" bricks are same, which is the original meaning of the character.

The character means Normal, Ordinary often. Because the brick is same as other bricks, each one is normal. If one is different, it is unique or special.  

The bronze script of the character for All/Every

Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of the character for All/Every

 

Similar to older scripts.

 

The small seal script of the character for All/Every

 

No similarity to older scripts. I don't know where it was from.

 

The clerical script of the character for All/Every 

 

More like older scripts than small seal script. The lower line in older scripts is replaced by a dot.

 

The song typeface of the character for All/Every

 

Similar to clerical script.

 

The Pinyin of the character for All/Every is Fan2.