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.



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