This character refers to the number seven. Seven was widely used in ancient Chinese culture and was generally considered a propitious number. …[详细]

“Qi Qiao” by the Qing artist Chen Mei, offering a view of the game of throwing needles in the Qixi Festival Photo: FILE This cha…[详细]

This common character refers to meaning, intention or significance. When combined with other characters, it forms diverse words and proverbs. …[详细]

“Rock and Tree” by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty Photo: FILE This common character refers to meaning, intention or significance. When …[详细]

This character refers to summer, the warmest season of the year. It is said that the first dynasty of China is called Xia, because its founders be…[详细]

Details from a painting about family life in summer, by two well-known painters in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shimin (1592-1680) and Gu Jianlong (1606…[详细]

This character refers to drawing pictures. Words containing this character usually include the meaning of drawing or painting, such as ce hui, wh…[详细]

Details from the Bei Xi Xiang Ji, a woodblock printing edition published in 1598 by the Ji Zhi Zhai during the reign of the Wanli Emperor Porce…[详细]

This character means clothing. Some anthropologists refer to clothes as “social skin,” indicating that what we wear has social signifi…[详细]