Friday, November 22, 2024

Watch picture and learn character (23)Silk - 丝(絲)

 The evolution of character Silk 



From left to right

Shell bone, bronze, small seal, clerical scripts, 

and simplified song typeface

 

 


Silk threads

 

Pinyin of character SilkSi1

 

Explanation

 

Shell Bone Script: Two bundles of silk threads, with both ends tightly bound.

 

Bronze Script: Two bundles of silk threads, with the top end unbound and the bottom end tightly bound.

 

Small Seal Script: Two bundles of silk threads, with the bottom end tightly bound. The script is very symmetrical, with shorter bundles and a longer bound end. It looks good but is somewhat distorted.

 

Clerical Script: Both sides of the silk bundles are similar at the top. They no longer look like rounded bundles of silk threads. The left bound end has become a dot, and the right side is longer. The two dots on both sides are not connected to the silk threads, losing the pictorial nature.

 

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