Evolution of Cloud, Sheep, Rain and Characters (Oracle Bone Inscriptions → inscriptions on bronze → seal script → official script → regular script → cursive script → running script)

First, the evolution of the "cloud"?

"Cloud" is the original word of "cloud". Clouds, Oracle Bone Inscriptions (the next day) (like vortex airflow) indicate that vortex airflow is floating in the sky. The inscriptions on bronze and seal script inherited the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph. The word "Tian" is omitted from the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph, which highlights the image of a tornado. In the eyes of the ancients in the era of word-making, wind, clouds and rainbows were all strange beings. They are rootless and passive, and their whereabouts are uncertain

Original meaning of word formation: verb, tornado air mass rotates in the sky. After modernization, the characters of regular script will be written as "Yi" in the form of seal script, indicating the airflow. In order to distinguish it from the verb "cloud", Oracle Bone Inscriptions replaced the noun "cloud" with "rain" and emphasized the astronomical characteristics of rain. The Simplified Scheme of Chinese Characters combines "cloud" with "cloud".

Second, the evolution of "sheep"

"Sheep" is the original word of "Xiang". Sheep, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like an animal with two horns bent and two nostrils forming a "V" shape on the tip of the nose. Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions drew a short cross between the tip of the nose and the corner of the eye. Mun-song Kim continued the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph. Some inscriptions highlight sharp corners. The seal script basically inherits the bronze inscription and writes the angle in the bronze inscription.

Original meaning of word-making: noun, herbivore with bent horns and gentle temperament. Official script has written the shape of the horn similar to the "grass head" in seal script into the standard "grass head" At this time, the image of the horn and the mouth of the sheep has disappeared. As docile herbivores, sheep are fatter and easier to hunt than ordinary mountain animals, so sheep have become an important source of meat for ancient ancestors. Therefore, sheep are often used as sacrifices, extending the meaning of auspiciousness and auspiciousness.

When the extended meaning of "auspicious" of "sheep" disappears, add "show" (sacrifice) to create "auspicious" instead. ?

Third, the evolution of "rain"

Rain, Oracle Bone Inscriptions added a horizontal symbol representing "sky" on the "water curtain" to indicate the precipitation in the sky. Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions used two horizontal symbols to represent "Shang" instead of one horizontal symbol to illustrate the meaning of "Tian". Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions wrote a horizontal symbol representing the sky and water. Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions can write. Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions put a horizontal symbol indicating the sky on it, indicating that the shell of "rain" originally means "rain".

Original meaning of word formation: verb, sky precipitation. The inscriptions on bronze and seal script inherited the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph.

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Basic definitions of cloud, sheep and rain

First, the definition of cloud

1, original meaning, verb: the tornado air mass rotates in the sky. The original meaning only exists in ancient Chinese.

2. Adjective: rootless and passive, extremely uncertain. This meaning only exists in ancient Chinese.

Example: Compared with its neighbors, Kong Yun is very hard. -"Poetry? Xiaoya? The first month (the five neighbors are relatively harmonious, and the in-laws have extensive nepotism. )?

Adverb: Like a tornado, it is unstoppable.

Example: Aggregate response. Han? Jia Yi's "On Qin" (responding with a bottom cover)

4. Original meaning, noun: the air mass that brings rain to the ground in the sky. ?

The clouds came back and the caves disappeared. Song? Ouyang Xiu's Drunken Pavilion (Clouds gather in the valley)?

5. Verbs: spread, legend and inaccurate report. ?

Second, the definition of sheep

1, original meaning, noun: a gentle herbivore with curved horns.

Examples: sheep, sheep and animals. -Shuo Wen (sheep is an animal)

2. Adjective: auspicious and safe. The meaning was later replaced by "Xiang"?

Third, interpret the rain.

1, original meaning, verb: it's raining in the sky. ?

Example: Clouds never rain. -"easy? The sky is covered with dark clouds.