The Chinese Character, an Interpretable Chinese Culture
囚 (imprisonment,captivity)
- Qiu (囚) in oracle bone inscriptions describes a “人” (man) in a frame, which vividly reveals its original meaning of imprisonment or captivity. The word changes little later in its shape. However, it also serves as a noun referring to the...
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- Chong (虫) in oracle bone script is... which resembles a snake with visible head and tail. The original meaning of it is a viper. In small seal script, the character...
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- “Tu” (“土”) is a pictographic character that is written like this ... in the oracle bone inscriptions, with the upper part in the shape of a soil block and the lower part resembling the ground...
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- "Che" is a pictographic word. In oracle bone inscriptions, the character looks like a two-wheeled...
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- In the oracle bone inscriptions, the character niu (牛) is like a simple sketch of an ox head,...
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- Shi (矢) is a pictographic character. In the oracle bone inscriptions, it looks exactly like an...
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- “Shui” is a pictographic word. In oracle bone inscriptions, it looks like the flowing water;...
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- The form of the character “tian” (田) remains unchanged from the oracle bone inscriptions to...
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- The character “飞”, or “飛” before being simplified, is like a bird’s head on a...

- King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty (1213 to 1117 B.C.) was the...

- It originally refers to Zhong Yi, a man from the Chu...

- A man named Han Chaozong in Tang Dynasty was warmhearted...

- "Da Chong" (big bug) in ancient times also refers to...

- "Heaped-up earth becomes a mountain" is a Chinese idiom...

- Sacrificial rituals in honor of earth have been around...