Saturday, August 6, 2016

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (15) Line up - 队

Chinese simplified character for "Line up" is




The left part means "Ear", the right part (人) means "People". The character means a team of people, but there is only one person.

I modified it a little bit to better express its meaning.



A big ear on the left, there are many people lined up on the right, which is the real meaning of the character.



奋(奮)- I am just a little bird, wanting to fly, yet unable to fly high.

  The above is the   bronze script form   of the character “奋” (fèn). Strictly speaking, I’m not creating something new—I’m simply writing i...