Watch picture and learn character (10) Across - 交

 Evolution of the character Across

 

 

From left to right: 

shell bone script, big seal script, small seal script, clerical script

 

Stand with two legs crossed

 

Explanation

Shell bone script of character Across: a person stands with two legs crossed.

Big seal script of character Across: Similar to shell bone script, the legs without the turning points, which are knees, less like the legs, but still similar to legs.

Small seal script of character Across: the top half is similar to shell bone script, the middle circle is the body of the person, the two legs are straighter than that of big seal script. 

Clerical script of character Across: the change is too big to tell which is which, especially on the top. The bottom two strokes are not like legs anymore, but they are crossed.

 

The pinyin of the character Across is Jiao1。