Semantics and some interesting Chinese Characters

In Chinese , characters often have a remarkable and profound meaning .we can see this with the examples as follow:

“道/tao51/”,the character that means ‘road, way, path, principle, line’ consists of head (首)and road(辶). The original mean is someone has to decide where to go when in a crossing of road.

“休ɕiu55”, the character that means ‘rest, stop, leisure’ consists of one person(亻) and a tree(木), The original mean is someone take a rest under the tree, it is very happy and relax.

“男/nan214/”，the character that means ‘man, son, boy’ consists of farmland(田) and power(力), the original mean is man always work in the farmland.

“慧/hui51/”,the character that means ‘intelligent’ consists of grass(彗) and heart(心). The original mean is someone think about how to turn grass into useful broom.

“菜/cai51/”，the character that means ‘vegetable, food, dish’ consists of grass(艹) and collect(采), the original mean is collect grass for food.

“媚/mei35/”,the character that means ‘charming ,flatter’ consists of one girl(女) and eyebrow(眉), the original mean is lady’s eyebrow is very beautiful and fascinating.

“娇/ʨiao55/”,the character that means ‘tender, lovely, charming, delicate, spoil’ consists of ‘a girl(女) and a bridge(乔)’ , the original mean is describe one girl has a good figure like bridge.

“谐/ɕiɛ214”，the character that means ‘in harmony’ consists of word(讠), two knives(匕) and white(白).The original mean is a group of soldiers eat and live together.

“艳/jan51/”,the character that means ‘colorful, amorous’ consists of ‘plentiful(丰) and color(色)’ ,the original mean is many color are mixed.

“贫/pʰin35/”,the character that means ‘poor, shortage’, consists of ‘separate(分) and money(贝)’ , the original mean is the money is divided into many parts.

“保/pao214/”，the character that means ‘protect, maintain, guarantee ‘ consists of ‘a person(亻), mouth(口), tree(木)’. the original mean is put child on back in order to protect.

“明/miŋ214/”，the character that means ‘bright, clear, honest, understand’ consists of the sun(日) and the moon(月).

“昭/ʦao51/”,the character that means ‘clear, show’ consists of ‘the sun(日), a knife(刀) and one mouth(口)’, the original mean is have lunch under the sun.

“旱han51”, the character that means ‘drought, on land’ consists of ‘the sun(日) and dry(干)’.

“波/po55/”,the character that means ‘wave’ consists of ‘water(氵) and skin(皮)’ .

“晶/ʨiŋ55/”，the character that means ‘bright’ consists of three sun(日).

“聊/liao214/”,the character that means ‘chat’ consists of ‘ear, girl, boy’ ,the original mean is a girl or a boy should talk and listen first, then fall in love with each other.


From the analysis above we can see the Chinese character is so fantastic.