The photo of the rabbits 兔 below was taken at the Centipede Hill 蜈蚣山 in Malaysia 马来西亚.
Jump to the year 1864 CE - the year when the 天师宫 temple was established on the Centipede Hill 蜈蚣山.
兔
兔 is a 象形字 pictogram. There is a great similarity between the 甲骨文 oracle bone character and the character 兔.
It originated in the Shang 商 Dynasty during which a lot of oracle bones were used.The photo shows the oracle bones character 甲骨文 of the rabbit..
It is estimated that there are about 50,000 Chinese characters. However, some say the acquisition of about 1,000 characters should be enough for communication purposes. It is also estimated that only about 5% of chinese characters are pictograms. Most are 形声字 phonosemantic compounds where part of the character indicates meaning and another part suggests pronunciation.
Check out the animation of the evolution of the character here:
兔
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| Wikitionary | en.wiktionary.org/兔 |
| Yabla | chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary/兔 |
|
Radical (Meaning) |
礻 |
|
other characters with 扌hand |
扎，打，执，扬，扫，扩，找，投，护，抓，抗，拉 |
| Radical (Sound) | 曷 he2 |
| Other characters with this Radical (Sound) | 喝 |
| Combination with other characters | 揭幕，揭秘，揭阳 (see above) |
| Characters with same sound | 街，接 |
Which of these characters looks like a bow or a bend ?
A) 弓 B) 马 C) 古 D) 道
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