There are six ways to write good characters, namely, running script calligraphy, regular script calligraphy, cursive script calligraphy, official script calligraphy, seal script calligraphy and lower case calligraphy.
Good, commonly used Chinese characters? , pronounced shàn, was first seen in bronze inscriptions. Its original meaning is to speak like a sheep, which has the meaning of auspiciousness and beauty. "Shuowen": "Goodness is auspicious. From _, from sheep This is agreed with Yimei. " From altruism, it is extended to be friendly, good at, appreciative and easy.
good, knowing words. There is no such word in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but the word "goodness" was first found in the middle of Zhou Dynasty, "Gu (reading ghosts, eating utensils with round mouth and two ears in ancient times)".
The form of "goodness" is a "sheep" above and two "words" below, and this sheep has a noose around its neck. It was the "goodness" in the "Mao Gong Ding" in the late Zhou Dynasty, and the noose around the sheep's neck was cancelled.
There are many variants of "goodness" in the Warring States script. There are also many changes in the word "good" in the departments of Qi and Sanjin. These variants were all eliminated under the decree of Qin Shihuang's "Book with Same Text".
The configuration of Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty, like the bronze inscription, is subordinate to "sheep" and subordinate to "words". The two words "Yan" are juxtaposed, and the ancient word "Dan" is pronounced lightly, which means "arguing" and "speaking unexpectedly" (see Guang Yun).
judging from the structure of the whole word, the word "sheep" is used to express the meaning, and the word "Dan" is used to express the sound. Some people praise (argue) the gentle and beautiful character of "sheep", so the original meaning of "goodness" is "good", "good" and "docile", and then it is extended to "friendliness".
omit one word from the two words under "sheep". In the official script stage, the lower part of the word has changed greatly, turning "Yan" into regular script. Inherited this distorted form and developed into the word "good" today.