Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Amazon Chinese Characters (305) Slave - 奴

The shell bone script of character Slave is
The left top is woman or lady (Post 20), the right bottom is a hand (Post 102). A hand grabs a woman means that the woman would be forced to be a slave, which is sad but true in the ancient time.

The bronze script of the character Slave is

The left is a woman, and the right bottom is a hand.

The big seal script of character Slave is
similar to the shell bone script, who left is a woman, the right bottom is a hand.

The small seal script of the character Slave is

The left woman is woman, the right one is the hand.

The clerical script of character Slave is

The left is 女 - Woman, the right is 又, here it means Hand.

The song typeface of the character is
 
Same as the clerical script.

Even though the original meaning means female slave, but it became more general meaning of the slave: male or female slaves.

Its Pinyin is Nu2.

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