The character longevity is one of the Chinese characters with special significance in Chinese culture, representing longevity, health and happiness. The following are several common ways of writing the Chinese character longevity:
1. Regular script style: Regular script is a standard font for writing Chinese characters, which is dignified and beautiful. When writing the character longevity, you can choose to use the stroke structure and proportion of regular script to make the entire character elegant and smooth. Pay attention to maintaining the consistency of strokes when writing, and pay attention to the thickness changes and balance of strokes.
2. Calligraphy style: Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script. It is written quickly and powerfully and has a unique charm. When writing the character longevity, you can use the stroke characteristics of running script and add certain elements of calligraphy art, such as changing the starting and ending positions of some strokes, and adding some continuous curves to increase the dynamics and vividness of the character longevity.
3. Combination of regular script and cursive script: Combining regular script and cursive script, when writing the word "Shou", we not only pursue the standardization of glyphs, but also add some simplicity and smoothness of cursive script. This writing method can retain the clarity and recognition of the word "Shou" while adding some artistic expression of calligraphy.
4. Calligraphy and seal cutting: If you have a certain interest and level in calligraphy, you can try to write with a brush and carve the Chinese character "Shou" into a seal cutting work. The seal carvings have fine shapes, concise and powerful lines, and have a unique charm. When writing, pay attention to maintaining the strength of the strokes of the brush and the uniformity of the ink color to show the beauty of the character longevity.
Introduction to the character longevity
Generally standard Chinese first-level characters. This word first appeared in bronze inscriptions in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Its original meaning is to live long, and by extension it refers to the duration of life. It is also extended to be used as a verb. Shou also refers to the birthdays of middle-aged and elderly people. Shou is also used as a euphemism for the items used to bury the deceased. The character "Shou" has an upper and lower structure. The upper part expresses the image of an old man, and the lower part is the initial text of the character "Chou" in "Tianchou".
The ancient character has a curved Tianlong shape, which is used here as a symbol. The sound symbol of "Shou" is used as the meaning of longevity in Western Zhou Dynasty bronze inscriptions, "The Book of Songs" and other ancient classics. Longevity is the original meaning of the word "Shou". Some bronze inscriptions have an extra "and" at the bottom to represent the hand. "; There are also some with an extra "口" added in the lower left corner, which is the seal script and Chinese seal version of "Shuowen".
There are also some with "口" and "you" added at the same time. "口" may be It means a wine glass, and the combination of "口" and "you" means raising a glass to offer wine to the old man and wishing him longevity. This glyph has been passed down to the Qin bamboo slips and Han Dynasty silk scripts.
From the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty bamboo slips. , and this structure is common in the Eastern Han Dynasty's bamboo slips. The shape of the modern traditional character "Shou" came from the official script of the Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, "you" was written as "inch".