por pedroceinos | Abr 10, 2021 | chinese-characters
The character chai 拆- dismantle The character chai 拆- dismantle One of the most frequent characters in the urban scenery of the China of the development and the transformation is chai 拆- dismantle. Any walk through the old neighborhoods of most Chinese cities...
por pedroceinos | Abr 10, 2021 | chinese-characters
The Peach, fruit of immortality The Peach, fruit of immortality In my «Manual of Writing Chinese Characters» (1) I hold an opinion contrary to that of most scholars of Chinese characters, and that is that the formation of the so-called picto-phonetic characters...
por pedroceinos | Abr 10, 2021 | chinese-characters
Discovering the tiger and the shaman in Chinese characters. Discovering the tiger and the shaman in Chinese characters. In Chinese skin is pifu (皮肤). In the character pi 皮, which means skin, one can still discover a hand flaying a skin. The character fu 肤, however, is...
por pedroceinos | Abr 10, 2021 | chinese-characters
Chinese character for «snake” Chinese character for «snake” The Chinese character to represent the snake has undergone over the centuries a curious evolution that, although seen from the cultural perspective of the XXI century may seem strange, it will not be so much...
por pedroceinos | Mar 26, 2021 | chinese-characters
The Kudzu vine, a necessary plant. In the last edition of my book on Chinese characters I explained the character 葛 as follows: gé – kudzu vine. A plant 艹 asked 曷 for its beneficial properties and for its use in making clothes. And in turn曷 is explained: hé...
por pedroceinos | Feb 14, 2021 | chinese-characters
Chinese character 灸 jiǔ – moxibustion Main meanings 1. moxibustion. 2. cauterize. Statistics HSK – STROKES – 7 RADICAL – 火 Etymology Elements —- Fire radical 火 + long time 久. Phonetic series 久. Fire 火 with lasting 久 effect on health. Main...
