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Quzi is a common Chinese character, which is a first-class Chinese character with bow as the radical, and its pronunciation is wān, which belongs to the upper and lower structure of Chinese characters. The meaning of bending is related to bending and twisting. The original meaning refers to pulling the bow, which can form different words and phrases to express different meanings.
1, the origin and development of curved characters
The curved character first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which consists of two characters "fire" and one character "you". Two of the words "fire" indicate the burning state of wood, while the word "you" indicates the hand, so bending is to bend and deform wood by hand. With the development of Chinese characters, curved characters gradually evolved into the present appearance and became pictophonetic characters.
2. The meaning of curved words
The original meaning of the word "bend" refers to the meaning of bending and zigzag. It can form different words and phrases and express different meanings. For example, detours refer to tortuous roads, machetes refer to weapons, bows refer to the action of pulling bows, and so on. In addition, bending characters can also indicate that they are not straight, straight and in line with regulations, such as bending needles and rulers.
3. The calligraphy and cultural connotation of curved characters.
Arc calligraphy is more beautiful, its vertical painting is slightly arc-shaped, and the whole font presents a beautiful curve beauty. In the writings of ancient calligraphers and literati, a soft, elegant and quiet artistic conception is often expressed by winding words. At the same time, the curved characters also represent the "Tao" and "Qi" in China traditional culture, that is, the flow and change of everything in the universe.
4, the use of curved characters
Curved characters are widely used in Chinese characters and can be used to express various meanings related to bending and twisting. For example, when describing roads, detours can be used to represent tortuous roads; When describing a person's character, you can use the word "bending and twisting" to express your character that you like bending and twisting; In addition, curved characters can also be used to name people and places, such as a person named Chen.