Sunday, March 15, 2020

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (44) Internet - Inter网



The shell bone script (3000+ years ago) for Chinese character of Net is


Which is a net, most likely a fishing net.


The small seal script (2200+ years ago) for character Net is

which is more like a tennis net.


The current song typeface for Net is

It means exactly as English "Net", also Chinese call Internet as 因特网, in which 因特 is just a pronunciation of Inter, and 网 is Net. So here is my artwork





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