As usual, we decompose the character 古 to 十 and 口, which is literally ten mouths. What does ten mouths mean here? Before revealing the answer, let us examine its evolution history first: (http://vividict.com/)
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - 古 |
Recall what we have learnt of 十, whose Oracle Script is actually
. So
does have the same representation of
(which is 十) and
(which is 口). One of its Bronze Script
actually changed
(口) to
(Adding a dash to
to emphasising the meaning of speaking). With above information we gathered, 古 (which is 十 口) was created to have meaning of "something passed on by mouth of ten generations". That something must be very ancient.
Yes, 古 means
ancient.
Now it is time to enjoy a Chinese calligraphy with 古 inside:
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| 琴鹤古香 |
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