Today we moved to a new character 皿, what is its meaning? Drawing of Fence? Let us go through its evolution history to see whether we are right. (Image taken from: http://chinese-linguipedia.org)
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - 皿 |
Looking at its Oracle Script 
，we can now pretty much sure now that our guess of Fence is not correct. If we saw the object in following picture, we will then know that is its Section:
，we can now pretty much sure now that our guess of Fence is not correct. If we saw the object in following picture, we will then know that is its Section: |
| 皿 |
Seal Script of 皿 - 
lost its original pictograph shape, but added handles at both sides. Then its Clerical Script - 
further transformed for simplicity of writing. Along the time it finally evolved to current form - 皿.
lost its original pictograph shape, but added handles at both sides. Then its Clerical Script - further transformed for simplicity of writing. Along the time it finally evolved to current form - 皿.
Now we are clear that 皿 means wide mouth containers, like bowls, saucers and cups.
That is all. Now we can enjoy a Chinese calligraphy of 皿:
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| 赵孟頫楷书皿字书法 |
Before ending our lesson today, will you be surprised if 皿 is used as a part to create a new Chinese character which means blood? Its Oracle Script is 
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