The Chinese characters 不 meaning is not.
This Chinese character represents a bird flying up towards the sky and disappearing from sight, as if becoming non-existent. The horizontal stroke signifies the sky as the limit, blocking the bird from ever reaching its destination. Hence the idea of “not”, a negative: 不. Arrogant man, unable even to walk with his fellowman, now tries to fly; to him also, the sky is the limit.
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I had no idea that the character “bu” had such an elaborate story behind it. I think sometimes the stories behind Chinese characters can make learning the language much more interesting.