Projecting meaning

1 · · June 23, 2011, midnight
Chinese characters look complicated, but they’re mostly made up of smaller, simpler characters. For example: language 语 = words 讠 + five 五 + mouth 口 thanks 谢 = words 讠 + body 身 + inch 寸 younger sister 妹 = woman 女 + not-yet 未 you 你 = person 人 + bow 𠂉 + small 小 name 名 = evening 夕 + mouth 口 I love learning these because every character is like a tiny poem. A language is words that five mouths speak? When you say “thanks”, you speak words that give a body an inch of space? Your nam...