
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 hidden behind a door 心 门 then you have…
闷 men2 meaning depressed
When you say numbers up to ten 言 十 then you have…
计 ji4 meaning count
If you go from big to small 大 小 then you have…
尖 jian1 meaning sharp
When your heart is divided 心 分 then you have…
忿 fen4 meaning anger
When you have a person confined 人 囗 then you have…
囚 qiu2 meaning imprison
When a person leans up against a tree 人 木 then you have…
休 xiu1 meaning to rest
When you get a ‘no’ from someone’s mouth 不 口 then you have…
否 fou3 meaning to deny
When a person feels for a second person 人 二 then you have…
仁 ren2 meaning love
So that’s where some Chinese characters come from. Now, let’s see if you can reconstruct which character means what.
休 计 否 信 仁 忿 尖 囚 闷 古 trust ancient depressed count sharp anger imprison rest deny love --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------