16/02/2012単包法 (たんほうほう, tanhō hō）, where the ring finger and the small finger are adjacent to the inner side of the…
11/02/2012A 山 írásjegy hangzása, valamint másodlagos jelentései sok szállal kapcsolódnak az ősi kínai mítoszokhoz. Az "Egyszerű írásjegyek magyarázata és összetett
09/02/2012字 is composed of two characters, 子 (し, shi, “child”) and 宀 (べん, ben, i.e. “roof” radical, found in Chinese…
01/02/2012To understand the reasoning behind this classification one needs to look at the old form of the character 糸, which…
31/01/2012In this series of articles I will focus on the methods of using a calligraphy brush (筆法, ひっぽう, hippō, lit.…
25/01/2012However, the modern shape of the character 四 has no ancient forms. The oldest form of this character is found…
19/01/2012子 is believed to be ruled by the water element (one of the four elements of nature that define the…
04/01/2012三 is also closely related to the divinatory system of 64 hexagrams, introduced in the Book of Changes, also known…
02/01/2012Dragons in Far Eastern mythology are benevolent creatures; bearers of wisdom, power, and positive energy. Together with a phoenix, dragon’s…- 17/12/2011To fully understand the meaning of the character 左, one should combine it with the one of the character 右…
