Saturday, January 9, 2021

Amazing Chinese Characters (325) Straight to - 正

 The shell bone script of character of Straight to is


The top is a head of nail, and the bottom is a foot (left). People walk to a nail in a distance straightly, probably to measure the distance estimably. 

The bronze script of the character is


The top black spot is the head of nail, the bottom is the foot.

The small seal script of the character is


The nail head becomes a horizontal line, the rest is 止 (foot).

The clerical script of the character is

The top line is the nail head, the bottom is 止(foot).

The character has other meanings: Correct, Positive, etc. but original meaning is Straight to.

Its Pinyin is Zheng4.


 

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