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- Introduction
- The resemblance between a pictographic character and its object helps learners remember the Chinese characters. Each pictographic character in this column is presented with pictures and detailed explanations. For instance, in 休 xiū to rest, the radical on the left, 亻means "a person", and the part on the right, 木, means wood or tree, so the meaning comes from the idea "a person is leaning against a tree to have a rest."
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）, which some people say it was army flag in ancient times among files and ranks. In the middle there is a 口 indicating wh...
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） showed rain pouring down from clouds at a high altitude. As inscribed on the oracle bones, the horizontal stroke indicates the clouds, and the s...
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） , with the head upwards and the tail downwards. Later developments had the body all straightened into strokes, and the tail became four dots. The simplif...
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） in the inscriptions on oracle bones gives us the sense of two people with each other’s right hands clasping to show their friendsh...
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） picture the frontal view of a sheep: two horns and a triangle towards the bottom representing the mouth. Later the triangle was divided into one vertical stroke and three horizon...
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）, represents the idea of “a roaring fire.” This is the original meaning of炎. Then it was exte...