Watch picture and learn character (5) Child - 子

Evolution of character Child

From left to right

Shell bone script, big seal script, small seal script, clerical script.

 

Explanation

Shell bone script of character Child: The square of the top of character Child is the head, the middle vertical line is the body, the across line is two arms.

Big seal script of character Child: The top round is the head, the vertical is the body and legs, the upward curve is the two arms. 

Small seal script of character Child: Similar to the big seal script.

Clerical script of character Child: the top horizontal line is the head, the short turning line is the neck, the vertical with hook is the body, and the horizontal line is two arms.

The character Child – 子 is pronounced Zi3 (Pinyin).