The Chinese characters 新 meaning is new.
Freshly chopped from the hazel bush (亲)for flexibility, were once used for flogging criminals, sometimes extort a confession. Hence: 新, the symbol for “new”, indicated by the hazel rods (亲) and the axe (斤).

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 质 meaning is quality.
Two axes poised above a cowrie shell (贝, representing something precious), are ready to dissect it and ascertain its worth. The axes ensure a complete and thorough job. Hence: 质, denoting quality or value.

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 近 meaning is near.
This ideograph suggests the proper way for a warrior to advance to battle - with battle-axe in hand. i.e., near. Hence: 近, meaning “near”.

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 兵 meaning is soldier; army.
兵 is represented by two hands brandishing a battle-axe - symbol of the soldier. Lamenting the necessity of maintaining an army in a belligerent world, one proverb concludes: “Feed soldiers for a thousand days, to be used for one day.”

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

Du Fu wrote this poem in 736 at the age of twenty-four when he travelled in modern Shandong Province. The first couplet tells us his general impression of the Peak of Peaks viewed from afar: it was one boundless green overspreading the ancient States of Qi in the north and Lu in the south. When [...]

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 匠 meaning is artisan; craftsman.
An artisan: 匠 is represented by his tool: 斤 (an axe) and his work, a hollowed-out log, vessel or box). The craftsman’s dependence upon his tools prompts the saying: “The workman who would do his work well should first sharpen his tools.”

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 所 meaning is place.
所 is a juxtaposition of 户 (door) and 斤 (axe), and refers to the place where fuel is prepared. In olden times, the chopping of firewood with the axe was done near the door or house. Hence: 所 (axe beside house) meaning place or location.

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 房 meaning is room; house.
房 combines 户 (door) with 方 (square). It indicates something squarish (方) with a door (户), i.e., a house or a room. Viewing house and room squarely, one proverb draws the conclusion: “Even though your dwelling contains a thousand rooms, you can use but eight feet of space [...]

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 方 meaning is square.
The original version was a graphic representation of two boats lashed together to form a square barge. Finally modified to 方, it widened its scope to mean also region, direction and even upright, or puritanical.

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds

The Chinese characters 钉 meaning is nail.
Originally, this Chinese character was a pictograph of a nail: 丁. Clarified with the metal radical (金), it is now simplified to 钉. 丁 itself now stands for a strong male adult or soldier for, in a sense, nails are soldiers - strong, useful but never really valued. Hence [...]

If you enjoy my post, feel free to subscribes to my rss feeds