The introduction to rabbit calligraphy is as follows:
1. The character "rabbit" in oracle bone inscriptions is shaped like a squatting rabbit, with its head upward, open lips, big eyes, and long ears. The tail is also clearly visible.
2. The seal script uses the oracle bone inscription "rabbit" as the image of an open mouth, the "mouth" is written as "knife", and the shape of the rabbit's tail is written as the rabbit's foot "dagger".
3. The dot in the lower right corner of the official script glyph represents whether the rabbit tail is long or not. The prototype of the modern "rabbit" glyph can already be seen.
The oracle bone inscription "Rabbit" is a pictographic character, and the shape of the glyph is not fixed. Judging from the posture of the rabbit, there are two ways to write it. One is like a sitting rabbit, with the abdomen with front and rear legs facing left or right; the other is like a lying rabbit, with the abdomen downward. The former way of writing is more common. Judging from the characteristics of rabbits, there are three ways to write them. The first is to highlight big eyes, long ears, and short tail; the second is to highlight long ears and a gaping mouth; and the third is to highlight two feet and a short stature.
Although these "rabbit" characters are written in different ways, they basically capture the typical characteristics of long ears, short tail, big eyes, and open mouth, and vividly outline the image of rabbit.
The original meaning of "Rabbit" is rabbit. Although rabbits are small, they have extremely strong jumping ability and extremely fast movements. Therefore, words containing the word "rabbit" often have the meaning of swiftness, such as "quiet as a virgin, active as a rabbit", which means that when quiet, they are as dignified and steady as an old lady, and when they move, they are as agile as a rabbit.
There are many folk sayings, all related to the characteristics of rabbits. "A rabbit's tail - it won't grow long" is a very common saying. The characteristics of a rabbit's short tail are used to describe the lack of patience in doing things, or to describe the evil forces that will not last long. "My heart is like a rabbit" uses the timid and fearful nature of rabbits to describe people's fear and fear of certain things.