Amazing Chinese Characters (686) Person with special talent - 桀

The big seal script of character Person with special talent is

The top is character 舛, which looks like two feet on the branches of a tree, which means that a person who could walk on the tree, same as one of Chinese Qigong: the practicer could let hit body weight significantly lighter, and jump over a wall, or walk on the roof or tree.

The small seal script of character Person with special talent is 

Similar to its big seal script.

The clerical script of character Person with special talent is

The top character 舛 is separated from the character Wood (木）, the two feet are not touch the branches, the pictography is lost. 

The Pinyin of the character is Jie1.

The character is used for people who is over proud of his special talent, like to show off, and look down people. 

Amazing Chinese Characters (685) Emperor Shun - 舜

The big seal script of character Emperor Shun is

The top is box with an open on the right, there are two Fires in the box, which is character Hot. The bottom is character Unusual in the previous post, here it means the dancing feet. The Emperor Shun was an Emperor lived in about 4300 years ago. It is said that the Emperor Shun is a Sun God who bring the light to people against dark. It is also said that bad guys misguided him to a house, and closed all doors, and put the house on fire, Emperor Shun used a bamboo hat to cover his head and escaped from the fire. 

The character has fire in a box on top, and dancing feet in the bottom. We can imagine that Emperor Shun take the fire for us, which changed our life forever. 

The small seal script of character Emperor Shun is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Emperor Shun is

The top totally changed to nothing to with fire and box, but a top of character 愛 (love)，受 (give)，which means "hand on something". The reason why it changes is unknown.

The Pinyin of the character is Shun4.

The character 舜 is specifically for Emperor Shun, no any other meaning.

Amazing Chinese Characters (684) Unusual - 舛

 The big seal script of character Unusual is

Two feet in opposite and twisted footsteps, which is unusual. Normally it happens in dancing or quick movements.

The small seal script of character Unusual is

Two feet in opposite directions, not as bad as the situation of big seal script, but still a strange position.

The clerical script of character Unusual is

The left becomes character Evening, but it is a mistake, it should be foot. The right one is a foot. 

The character is not used alone, but it is part of compound characters, or part of a proverb sentence. 

The pinyin of the character is Chuan3.

Amazing Chinese Characters (683) Whirl - 抡

The big seal script of character Whirl is

The left is character Hand, the right is character Lecture, here means round or circle. Hand moving big circles quickly is Whirl.

The small seal script of character Whirl is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Whirl is

The left is Radical Hand, the right is character Lecture.

The simplified song typeface is 

The left character Hand becomes Radical Hand, the right character Lecture is simplified, the character lost all pictography.

The Pinyin of the character is Lun2.

 

Amazing Chinese Characters (682) Wheel - 轮（輪）

Bronze script of character Wheel is

, or

Just like ancient wheels. 

The big seal script of character Wheel is

The left is character Vehicle, the right is character Lecture. Lecture is to say the principles on bamboo books. Physically, bamboo book is like a cylinder, when you read, you roll the cylinder, which is similar to the wheel rolling on ground.

The small seal script of character Wheel is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Wheel is

Similar to older scripts.

The simplified song typeface of character Wheel is

Both character Vehicle and character Lecture simplified, the character lost all pictography.

Pinyin of the character is Lun2.

Amazing Chinese Characters (681) Argument - 论（論）

The big seal script of character Argument is

The left is character Say, the right is character Lecture which is a theory, or a statement or claim. Using the tongue to argue the points in the theory or statement.

The small seal script of character Argument is

Similar to big seal script. 

The clerical script of character Argument is

The left is Radical Say, and the right is character Lecture, here is a theory or statement or claim.

The simplified song typeface is

Both Radical Say, and character Lecture are simplified, all pictography and ideogram are lost. 

The Pinyin of the character is Lun4.

Amazing Chinese Characters (680) Lecture - 仑（侖）

The shell bone script of character Lecture is

The top is human upper lip, the bottom is character Book or Volume (册）. Talking about the principle and content in the book, which is a lecture. 

The bronze script of character Lecture is 

The top is lip, the bottom is character Book or Volume, the two long vertical lines and three short lines may mean that the bamboo slips are not in same length, or the casting technique was not good to keep all lines in same length. 

The big seal script of character Lecture is

Similar to bronze script with all vertical lines in same length.

The small seal script of character Lecture is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Lecture is

Similar to big and small seal scripts, but the bottom is only one horizontal line, not same as the rope connecting bamboo slips, lost the pictography.

The simplified song typeface of character Lecture is

The top missing a short horizontal line which is the lip. The bottom became in explicable. The character totally lost the pictography.

The Pinyin of the character is Lun2.