Write in the South Village of the Capital is a lyric. Its author is poet Cui Hu (崔护) of the Tang Dynasty. He traveled to South Village of outskirts of Chang An (capital of Tang Dynasty) on the Qing Ming Festival (a traditional festival of China). He felt thirsty, and then knocked at a peasant [...]

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The Chinese characters 乌 meaning is crow.
The saying: “The crow does not roost with the phoenix” sums up man’s attitude towards the lowly carrion crow, regarded as a bird of ill omen. The character for crow: 乌 is similar to that for bird: 鸟, with the stroke for the eyes omitted, probably because black eyes [...]

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The Chinese characters 岛 meaning is island.
Sea-birds often nest on mountainous rocks that emerge from the sea. Hence a bird (鸟) over a mountain (山) gave the concept for island: 岛. The ancient form shows a bird hovering over a mountain, with feet visible. The simplified character has the bird settling on it, with feet [...]

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The Chinese characters 鸟 meaning is bird.
The original form is a representation of a long-tailed bird, flaunting its beauty and reveling in its freedom. Unfortunately, beauty has not always been an asset to the bird for, as the saying goes, “It’s the beautiful bird that we put in the cage.” Tragically, the simplified character sees [...]

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The Chinese characters 山 meaning is mountain; hill.
A mountain range, with three towering peaks, provides the structure for this pictograph of mountain or hill: 山. From a high vantage point, man is able to oversee what is easily overlooked on a lower plane. Hence the proverb: “If you don’t climb the high mountain, you can’t [...]

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The Chinese characters 伞 meaning is umbrella.
伞 is a pictograph of an umbrella. The original form seems to be harboring four persons (人). The simplified character: 伞. Under cover of the umbrella, man counsels for the rainy day: “When the sky is clear, carry an umbrella; though your stomach is full, carry provisions.”

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The Chinese characters 雷 meaning is thunder.
From experience, man knows that rain clouds (雨) over his fields (田) means thunder: 雷, the voice of lightning. To man, thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work.

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The Chinese characters 电 meaning is lightning; electricity.
A streak of lightning amidst the falling rain (雨) forged the character for lightning: 電. Lightning being a visible discharge of electricity, 电 came to mean also electricity. It takes the path of least resistance, discharging eight of its thirteen strokes to transform itself into the simplified character: [...]

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The Chinese characters 雪 meaning is snow.
The Chinese character 雪 associates rain 雨 with broom. The character fittingly symbolizes snow, i.e., rain which can be taken up in the hand or swept away by a broom.

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The Chinese characters 云 meaning is cloud.
When the humid warm vapors rise and reach the colder regions, they condense and form clouds: 云. Loading the clouds (云) with rain (雨) produces the regular form: 雲. The simplified character relieves the clouds of their load, reverting the character to its original form: 云.

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