Tuesday, September 23, 2014

0004 書

書

As kaku, this character means 'to write' or 'to draw.' As fumi, it means 'books; letter, note.'


The upper part represents a hand (the three upper horizontal lines, connected by the sidepiece on the right) holding an upright writing brush (ITSU).

聿

The lower part of the character is an alteration of

曰

which means 'to say,' even though as written in 書 kaku, it looks like

日


NICHI or hi, meaning 'sun; day.'

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