This is an illustrations of a sitting girl.
And this is an origin of a kanji.
What does this stand for?
The answer is ...
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It's "女" (woman)
| On-yomi | じょ jo,にょ nyo |
| Kun-yomi | おんな on-na, め me |
| Meaning | woman |
And this is how this kanji has changed.
In this post, I'm going to introduce some kanji related to women.
Let's take a look at the pictographs below.
The pictograph on the left is "女", now what do you think the pictograph on the right stands for?
The difference is that there are two dots on the pictograph on the right.
The two dots indicate breasts.
The answer is "母" (mother)
| On-yomi | ぼ haha |
| Kun-yomi | はは haha |
| Meaning | mother |
Compare the two kanji.
As seen above, some kanji look different but the origins are almost the same.
I introduce another couple of kanji.
This is a combination of "女" (woman) and "子" (child), which describes a woman holding her baby.
The kanji "好" has come to mean "to like".
| On-yomi | こう kou |
| Kun-yomi | す(く) suku, この(む) konomu |
| Meaning | like |
Here's another origin of a kanji.
The pictograph describes "女" and "the right hand with hairpins".
Women used to wear hairpins for a wedding party.
So the meaning of the kanji is "wife".
| On-yomi | さい sai |
| Kun-yomi | つま tsuma |
| Meaning | wife |
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ReplyDeleteI get explanation, Hanzhi of Wife in China mean “Woman with authority in house" , and old Chinesse culture symbol of "authority in house" is Broom. So Symbol Radical is Broom not hairpin or righthand, cause Radical, generaly use by one character pictogram, And this radical nearby pictogram of Broom.
ReplyDeleteAnd Broom merge with Women mean Women have authority in house, its mean Wife