Fire, a commonly used Chinese character, pronounced huǒ, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its original meaning refers to the flame produced when an object burns, and later it is extended to the meaning of explosion or shooting such as flame, anger, hot and dry gas, warmth and red in traditional Chinese medicine.
Knowledge expansion:
Tian Zige is a format for writing Chinese characters. Its shape is square, usually divided into six grids, and the middle four grids are used to write Chinese characters. Using Tian Zi case is helpful to practice the writing and structure of Chinese characters.
When writing Chinese characters in Tian Zige, we should pay attention to the following:
Writing in the center: Every Chinese character should be placed in the center of Tian Zige, which can make Chinese characters more neat and beautiful.
Appropriate proportion: the size of Chinese characters should be moderate, neither too big nor too small. Generally speaking, the height of Chinese characters should account for two-thirds of the grid and the width should account for one-third of the grid.
Proper spacing: Chinese characters should be kept at a certain spacing, not too crowded or too loose. Generally speaking, the spacing between Chinese characters should be the same as or slightly wider than the height of Chinese characters.
Correct stroke order: you should follow the correct stroke order when writing Chinese characters, so that the written Chinese characters will be more beautiful. For example, to write the word "mouth", you should write horizontally first, then horizontally, and finally vertically.
Compact structure: When writing Chinese characters, we should pay attention to the compact structure to make the whole Chinese character look more compact and beautiful. For example, when writing the word "day", we should shorten the distance between the two vertical lines to make the whole word look more compact.
In a word, Tian Zige is a format for practicing writing Chinese characters. When writing, we should pay attention to the center, proportion, spacing, stroke order and structure, so as to make the written Chinese characters more neat and beautiful.
As a template for writing Chinese characters, Tian Zige can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, a kind of "two can play that game" based on Tian Zi was circulated among the people, and the prototype of Tian Zige came into being. At first, it was just a square drawn between two chess players, and then it gradually evolved into a style of all divided into squares, which is what we now call Tian Zige.
Tian Zige is widely used in writing and mathematical calculation because of its unique structure and ease of use. In the Song Dynasty, Tian Zige was widely used, and many documents about calligraphy, painting and arithmetic appeared, among which a large number of pictures of Tian Zige were used.