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Chinese Characters 汉字

Chinese Characters 汉字. Where do they come from? 从哪里来？. If you take a man. at his word. 人. 言. then you have…. 信. xin4. meaning. trust. If you take words that are said. over ten times. 口. 十. then you have…. 古. gu3. meaning. ancient. If you find a heart that is.

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Chinese Characters 汉字

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  1. Chinese Characters汉字 Where do they come from? 从哪里来？

  2. If you take a man at his word 人 言 then you have…

  3. 信 xin4 meaning trust

  4. If you take words that are said over ten times 口 十 then you have…

  5. 古 gu3 meaning ancient

  6. If you find a heart that is hidden behind a door 心 门 then you have…

  7. 闷 men2 meaning depressed

  8. When you say numbers up to ten 言 十 then you have…

  9. 计 ji4 meaning count

  10. If you go from big to small 大 小 then you have…

  11. 尖 jian1 meaning sharp

  12. When your heart is divided 心 分 then you have…

  13. 忿 fen4 meaning anger

  14. When you have a person confined 人 囗 then you have…

  15. 囚 qiu2 meaning imprison

  16. When a person leans up against a tree 人 木 then you have…

  17. 休 xiu1 meaning to rest

  18. When you get a ‘no’ from someone’s mouth 不 口 then you have…

  19. 否 fou3 meaning to deny

  20. When a person feels for a second person 人 二 then you have…

  21. 仁 ren2 meaning love

  22. So that’s where some Chinese characters come from. Now, let’s see if you can reconstruct which character means what.

  23. 休 计 否 信 仁 忿 尖 囚 闷 古 trust ancient depressed count sharp anger imprison rest deny love --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------

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