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According to the Legend, the Emperor Wong Di's minister called Chang Kit created the Chinese script. The shapes and lines
of birds' and beasts' footprints inspired him to draw pictures of the
objects, with gradual changes over the years which resulted in Chinese
characters of today. Chinese is a monosyllabic language i.e. each
word and character consists of only one syllable.
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 Structurally Chinese script can be grouped into
Three Categories
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1) Pictographs
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These picture
characters often in an archaic form that is called "Cheng Yang"
means "Image Shapes". Such script has been in existence for more than 10,000 years.
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2) Ideographs
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These are meaningful
symbols which enhance the sign of Pictography. Such as 'one' which is 1 horizontal
line; 'two' is 2 horizontal lines and so on. This structure took place about
5000 to 6000 years ago according to documentary evidence.
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3) Determinative-phonetic
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As time
went by, expression of massive abstract notions were not sufficient, "Determinative-phonetic" script was
invented. It continued for a span of years from 1384 B.C. to Han
Dynasty of 206 A.D. when Chinese Script completed its structural
evolution.
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Learn
Some Words
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The above character means
HAPPY or HAPPINESS. The other illustration is the sequence of
strokes used to form the character.
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This character means DOUBLE HAPPINESS,
which is the combination of two HAPPY characters as shown
above. DOUBLE HAPPINESS is usually displayed
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JULIE ANDREWS - the names are split into 5
syllables represented by the 5 Chinese characters. The first two
represent 'Julie' (see 1 above), the second three 'Andrews'. (see 2
above)
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SOPHIA LOREN - the names are split into
6 syllables represented by the 6 Chinese characters. The first three
represent 'Sophia' (see 1 above), the second two 'Loren'. (see 2
above)
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Calligraphy
(written by Mr. R. Ip)
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From the Editor:-
The following Calligraphy was presented to Mr. T. S. Ip for his 90th birthday by Mr. R. Ip. |
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| (1) Fashionable & popular Tattoo in Chinese Characters. (2) Why not send someone a lucky word chosen from the list, such as Happy Birthday, Business Prosperity, good friend, prosperity, happy....etc... |
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