Chinese characters3

Chinese Characters 3 hàn

zì

汉 字 by

Adelina Ke

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shí

十

(ten)

“十”in Chinese character is like a cross. That is why we use the gesture as the picture on the right to show number 10.

That is also why in Chinese we call “intersection” and “crossroad” as“十字路口” （shízìlù kǒu）， which means “ intersection of the character ten”. e.g. 十月一日 二月十三日

1st, Oct 13th, Feb

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shàng

上

(up, above)

Look at the picture on the right. It is the original character of “上”. The short line is above the long one, so the whole character means “above”.

zǎo 早 zǎo 早

shàng

上

(early morning)

shàng hǎo

上

好

(Good morning.)

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xià

下

(down, under)

The picture on the right is the original character of “下”. Just as “上” , this one also got two lines, but the short one is under the long one, which means “down, under” as a whole character.

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wǔ

午

(noon，mid-day)

The original character of “午”looks like the the hand of a clock pointing at 12:00, which is the noon. .

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Since “午”means “noon”, so *before the noon is known as “morning” , in Chinese , that is

shàng wǔ

上 午

( morning）

*after the noon is known as “afternoon” , in Chinese , that is

xià

wǔ

下 午

( afternoon）

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shí rì shàng wǔ

十日 上 午

（ the morning of 10th )

sān yuè shí

rì xià wǔ

yī

三 月 十 一 日 下 午 （ the afternoon of 11th, March) xià wǔ hǎo

下 午 好 （ Good afternoon.) shàng wǔ hǎo

上 午 好 （ Good morning.)

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Thank you!

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