If a man finishes his farm working or has no farm working and stays at home, he is free and at leisure. What character is it if a man stays at home? Continue reading “男人在家 A man at home”
Category: Compound ideographs
女人在家 A woman at home
Hi, I’m a Chinese character. I was originally created this way to express “safe”. Continue reading “女人在家 A woman at home”
奔 run
As you can see, the pictogram of 奔 is an image of running person. It can combine with many characters to form new words such as 奔放，奔腾，奔流，投奔，私奔，奔赴，etc.
To check more about 奔 for further study.
走 walk
趾 toe, foot
When 足 meets 止, what happens？
As you have seen in the previous posts, both 足 and 止 came from the image of the foot. When they stay together, they form a new character but this new character still means foot, and also means toe. Check more about 趾