Traditional Chinese timekeeping
The traditional Chinese time systems refers to the time standards for divisions of the day used in China until the introduction of the Shixian calendar in 1628 at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. (Wikipedia).
The traditional Chinese time systems refers to the time standards for divisions of the day used in China until the introduction of the Shixian calendar in 1628 at the beginning of the Qing dynasty. (Wikipedia).
The Story of Chinese Character : 酉
酉 depicts a container which used to hold liquid such as wine, and this was the original meaning of 酉. For some complicated and unknown reason, now 酉 means the tenth of Earthly Branches(地支), which is an old Chinese system for reckoning time. 酉 is one of the radicals of HanZi.
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The Story of Chinese Character :覺
覺 is composed of a picture of practising divination and 見(to look). Actually, 覺 is originated from 爻 and 見, so the pronunciations of 覺 and 爻 are similar. Divination is abstract and not easy to be understood, learners won't know if there is narration only, once they have seen the demonstrat
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The Story of Chinese Character : 壴
壴 is the picture of a drum hanging on a rack, but such HanZi has been replaced by 鼓, now we seldom use 壴.
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The Story of Chinese Character : 几
几 depicts a table in ancient China. Before the invention of chair, Chinese knee on the floor to eat or write, so the table was shorter at that time.
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The Story of Chinese Character : 晝
晝 is composed of 聿 and 日(the sun) with one stroke underneath. 聿 depicts a hand holding a pen, which has the meaning of dividing or delimitation, daytime is after sunrise, while nighttime is after sunset, the sun divide daytime and nighttime. On the other hand, a stroke is added underneath
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The Story of Chinese Character : 夃
夃 is composed of 乃(therefore) and 又(also). 乃 depicts a rope, while 又 is the picture of a hand, 夃 depicts a hand pulling a rope, which has the meaning of getting something, so 夃 means ‘more’.
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The Story of Chinese Character : 氣
氣 is composed of气(gas) and米(rice). Both 气 and 氣 have the same pronunciation and similar meanings, the difference between them, is that氣 also means the essence of life, a man wants to stay alive, he needs food, and rice is the staple food in ancient China.
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The Story of Chinese Character : 丌
丌 is the picture of a table. 丌 shares the same meaning and pronunciation with 几, they are variants of each other.
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The Story of Chinese Character :酒
酒 is composed of the BuShou of 水(water) and酉(the eighth of the twelve DiZi(Earthly Branches) were used by the ancients to designate years, months, and days). 酉 is the picture of a wine(water) pot, wine is fragrant and easy to evaporate, it needs to be stored in a pot.
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The Story of Chinese Character :扑
扑 is composed of the BuShou of手 and卜(the picture of a stick or tool here, but has no relation with the meaning of卜). Someone needs to hold a stick if he want to beat something. 扑shares the same pronunciation and meaning as攴 and攵 .
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