Love Chinese Character Origin - Man, Woman, Heart, Animal Claw

[DAIGORO14]

in simplified Chinese we loose the heart and are just friends 愛 爱

[samquan123]

actually that word is from the Han in China, not korea or japan. The real korean language is similar and related to Mongolia and Manchuria. Mongolia Korea Manchuria is similar one branches.

[roygbiv330]

most of the japanese students do not care about components inclueded in one chinese character, when they learn it at their 10 years old. to memorize a story and the respective components per each is big big task. necessary to continue 2 or 3 times writhing homeworks per week, 8-12 times per month for april-july, september-december and january-march. it requires to change the mind from that its tough task with great patience to that its one of daily must-do things.

[tuberobotto]

This is going to be a 'lovely' case for GLBT. Since the Hanzi stands for man and woman, how is the GLBT going to 'transliterate' it or to interpolate it to apply to their case? Man and man, female and female? And how are they going to vocalise it? Invent a new word and a new Hanzi? 3,000 years of written Hanzi history may be inadequate. Just expressing a thought, I'm not being political or cynical, well maybe just sarcastic. Thanks for your patience LaoShi.

[159357123100]

If Chinese characters are created by Korean, why Korean government banned Chinese characters and invented a different silly set of Korean writting letters using today? its just ridiculus, stupid Korean.

[chlinnz]

I do love your story of the charater but your history is misleading. So Korean and Japanese know the Chinese Charater before China existed? From what I know Japanese people learnt Chinese from Tong dynasty (唐朝), and I think Korean learnt it later. Even beforn the Tong, there were different kingdoms bulit on this land, where we call "China" nowadays and of course Chinese Character would;ve been around back then and being used by Chinese people already, right?

[Puppyprints]

oh one more thing, the character woman isn't a woman crossing her legs, its a woman kneeling down with her arms on her knee/lap in ancient etymology. Look up ancient etymology of han characters and how it evolved overtime.

[Puppyprints]

Another thing to point out: 漢字

In Mandarin Chinese, it is read as Hanzi = Han Writing.

In Korean, its read as Hanja = Han Writing,

In Japanese, its read as Kanji = Han writing.

Regardless, what I mentioned here and below, all these three countries have created their own unique respected writing systems by no means one is not superior over others. They are unique & beautiful in their own respect.

I <3 Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Japanese languages. (and Spanish too lol)

[Puppyprints]

Just to point out, Korea & Japan (ancient times) didn't have their own writing system, when Chinese (Han) characters were introduced, they adopted those characters. In 1440's in Korea, King Sejong and his scholars created the alphabet (2 theories of origin writing: based off from Ancient China Seals or Mongolian Seals). Japanese Kana was created by Buddhists Monks, estim.7th-9th century to simplify reading/writing Chinese characters to phonetic/alphabet.style.

[Puppyprints]

I study Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

[Puppyprints]

I don't think this is right, this calligraphy for love has 4 radicals. (I study 3 East Asian Languages) I confirmed with professors/instructor about this. The origin of meaning remains the same but how its used in contexts differs in each country. From top to bottom: 爫(represents claw), 冖 (cover/over), 心 (heart), 夂(to go/slowly). Claw because animal claws metaphorically represents strength/strong, cover to imply bond/shield, heart (obvious), and to go slowly describe movement of the emotion.

[ccpayne417]

That was AWESOME!!!!! Thank you so much for making the video!

[Generalvaldez]

your stroke order for 心 is different than the one they use in modern china. Very interesting.

[123420727]

"it's not accurate to call it chinese " .........this is what it looks like in the han script

hahahaha

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[dmbctau]

@Hope4freedom76: Take pride in your culture and heritage as much as you like but don't forget that your people and country did nasty things to other smaller peoples and countries too. The Japanese did terrible things in the past, no doubt. But at least they're courageous enough to accept their wrongdoings and apologize. Have your people been able to be half as honest?

[john4Wardgr]

OK! Not only you made this look so simple. You made me love this writting!!! Thank you!

[Eerae]

I love Chinese character! it is beautiful and meaningful. :)

[KittyLuvYou]

I might actually be able to remember it now.

[dragonwing4]

Very interesting. Now i'll pay more attention to these kinds of things. Thank you!

[UkumaOokami]

nihon script is japanese

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami Sure sure, and thats why it contains Chinese. Totally.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 i may have been wrong... i think he said nihon script but he might have said hon or han script... idk... but if he did say nihon than all i can tell you is that nihon means japan in japanese..... also you dont need to be so racist towards other asian countries that aren't chinese....

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami How was that been racist? Telling you japanese scripts are based on Chinese characters or is Chinese is being racist now? OMG. And im sure everyone knows what nihon means.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 thats not what i ment, i ment that on your chanel you seem to hate every asian country that isnt china, thats how you are being racist. also japanese script isnt chinese... chinese script isnt even chinese, their script belongs to what ever culture was there befor china. and one more thing, the japanese writing system isnt all based of of china's like you said in ur channel, you probably havent heard of kana but kana is the alphabet that japan created. im sorry if i upset you.

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami Oh im sorry if i hate your ancestors so much. And yes it is necessary for me to dislike the other countries. korea,japan,singapore and malaysia aint the whole of Asia the last time i checked buddy. Um..yeah Chinese scripts are Chinese considering we're the ones with the oldest history and they belong to us. If they're not Chinese what the heck are we meant to call them? Pre-Chinese script? I dont think so.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 okay but how does japan need to get their own culture and writing system.... they do.... they have their own religion, there own food and writing system.... also why dont you like korea japan and those other countries?... i dont think it is really necessary.

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami They dont have their own culture. Just bits and pieces from China put together. Okay, im trying not to sound all mean and racist, but i dont really care what you think of all these countries and also it is extremely necessary for me to continue disliking them. Some things are hard to understand for people like you.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 japan has as much of their own culture as china does. its not all from china, only a little bit is, japans major religions arent from china, i know that.. shinto is one of them and that is pure japanese... buddhism is another and that is indian not chinese. their main food is sushi wich is also japanese... they have their own writing system that isnt calligraphy. i cant think of anything that is truely chinese that japan does.... and it is not necessary to dislike a race.

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami If someone told me the japanese believed in shintoism BEFORE ww2, i would've believed that, other wise, thats just pure bullshit. How do you think Buddhism got to japan? China's the reason Buddhism got to japan, korea and some other countries. katakana was the only system the japanese managed to come up with that didnt have much connections with Chinese. Food varies from place to place, so its kinda obvious sushi isnt Chinese, but remind you thats just one out of a million

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 still japanese has their own culture just as much as china does... even if buddhism was carried from china to japan... it is just as much japans religion as it is chinas because it sure as hell wasnt origionaly chinese..... tell me why u hate these people so much... i want to know that u have a good reason to....

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami What do you want me to say? I love japan, its the best country in world? Seeing as you said THESE people i assume your not japanese? If your not then i'd say its probably not in your best interest to know.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 when i said "these" people i was referring to all the countries you dislike... as far is my knowledge goes japan and all countries including china have done things that were not right but no country has done anything to be hated for... i just wanna know if u have a good reason to dislike a country... by the way, happy holidays.

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami They went around killing and torturing my people so that they can have more land for themselves, is that a good enough answer? You're probably gonna say get over it, its the past blah blah, but its something i can never get over. I hate them, simple as that. Merry christmas to you too.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 well i do understand that what japan did in the past was wrong but it is still not right to hate people for what their ancestors did... also it does not bring good health to people when they hold a grudge... if you truly think it is the right thing to do by hating other countries than i guess i cant stop you... at least think about reconsidering disliking people for heir past.

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami Im not the forget and forgive type. The things they do even today disgusts me. They act like saints, but things they do arent for the naked eye to see. I cant see any positive energy coming from japan. I'd rather hold on to my heritage and remember the things my ancestors went through to get us to the day today, then forget and suck up to them like some people would.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 i dont understand why you would have to hold a grudge if non of your proples past you went through... also its not like china is perfect.... i mean just look at them now... they are currently making things worse in africa because they are acting selfishly. i dont see japan doing that, plus they have tons of posotive energy... im not trying to make japan seem better than china, i think both places are great

[Hope4freedom76]

@UkumaOokami Ofcourse China's not prefect. Theres no such thing as a perfect country. How is China making things worse again? What about japan? They only join forces with the rich and powerful countries, so how does that help make the world even? Seriously! There are many other Chinese who wouldnt agree with me, so me hating japan is a one-man thing.

[UkumaOokami]

@Hope4freedom76 i understand that you arent the only person that hates japan, and im sure as hell not the only person that thinks you are wrong. hating leads to suffering and suffering leads to an unhappy life. so the more u hate the more u are unhappy. if u deny it than you are just kidding yourself. from what i know china has done just as much bad things as japan has. i dont know why chinese think they are the best but it is getting on my nerves. there is no difference between u me or anyone

[Puppyprints]

@UkumaOokami true Kana was created by Japan but they were based off from Chinese cursive writing style, taking only parts or portions of certain Chinese characters (I study Chinese, Japanese, Korean from instructors/professors)

[UkumaOokami]

@Puppyprints i know that.... it just irritates me when people are so bias

[koreanpeoples]

u so ugly lol

[mahalolovesyou]

thank you so much for doing this! i have this tattoo on the back of my neck.

[ArsenaIProductions]

I love the way you explain it. Thanks for your hard work! =)

[Megan80911]

that was soo AMAZING!! And soo beautiful!! Thanks!! ^0^

[missevee336]

omg! thats awesomeee! i get it.

[koreancrashcourse]

youre awesome! thank you! Feels good to hear!

[roopd13]

Great video! Nice to finally see another one!

[sjpetal]

loved it!!!