The evolution of character Woman
From left to right:
Shell bone, big seal, small seal, clerical scripts
Ancient woman kneeling on the ground
The Pinyin of character Woman is Nv1.
Explanation
Shell bone script of character Woman: A woman kneels on the ground, the two hands across in front of chest. The social position of women was very low in ancient China.
Big seal script of character Woman: The middle line is the body of the woman, very simplified. It is unclear if the woman kneels down or not.
Small seal script of character Woman: The top is similar to that of shell bone script, but the left arm extends deep to the bottom. The middle long curve is the body and the leg(s). The full character is relatively symmetric, which is the typical characteristics of small seal script.
Clerical script of character Woman (informal): the middle long stroke is the body and leg(s) in small seal script, the two hands cross on the left.
Clerical script of character Woman (formal): It is from turning the informal character Woman above counter clockwise 90 degrees, which is formal clerical script. Why? Because the people of Han Dynasty liked the typical clerical wave stroke – a long horizontal with wave curve stroke. In order to get it, they turned the character 90 degrees, which is unimaginable behavior.
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