The traditional Chinese character for "龙" is "龙", with 16 strokes. The stroke order is: dot, horizontal, dot, left, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold hook, horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, Vertical fold/vertical fold, horizontal, vertical hook, horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, as shown in the picture:
1. According to legend, a very spiritual animal has horns and whiskers on its head. The body is long, with scales and claws. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Dragon, the length of the scale insect, can be dark or bright, thin or giant, short or long, it can ascend to the sky at the spring equinox, and dive into the abyss at the autumn equinox. ”
2. In paleontology, it refers to giant reptiles with legs and tails: “dinosaurs”, “brontosaurus”, “tyrannosaurs”, and “pterodactyls”.
3. A long object shaped like a dragon: "water dragon", "traffic"
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1. Etymology demonstration
1. Pictographic characters. , oracle bone inscriptions and inscriptions on dragons resemble a monster with a large mouth and a long body. The upper half of the oracle bone inscriptions is similar to the phoenix in the oracle bone inscriptions; the lower half resembles the shape of a huge long body, "The left side is the kiss, and the right side is the body." The dragon is a mythical creature in the imagination of our ancestors. It is a combination of the shapes of several animals and decorated with imagination. In the bronze inscriptions, the open mouth has evolved into a flesh-like shape, while in the Warring States inscriptions, the open mouth has been distorted into a flesh-like shape, and the curled body is separated from the open mouth.
2. In the small seal script of "Shuowen", on the left side is the dragon's mouth and head horns. Based on the Qin seal script, the Han Li glyph was cube-shaped and became the traditional "dragon" character. In the common characters after the Sui Dynasty, "dragon" was written as "娨", which was modified according to the right radical of the original character. Three strokes can also be written as two strokes. The "General List of Simplified Characters" further shortens it to one stroke and shortens it to dragon.
2. Group words
1. Longan
Explanation: Evergreen tree with pinnate compound leaves and oval leaflets. Flowers yellow-white, in panicles. The fruit is spherical, with a yellow-brown skin and white flesh. It is edible, sweet and can also be used as medicine. It is a nourishing and strengthening agent.
2. Literary Mind and Diaolong
Explanation: The earliest systematic literary criticism work in my country, written by Liu Xie in the Liang Dynasty. ***Fifty articles, including four main parts: general introduction, stylistic theory, creative theory, and critical analysis.
3. Solanum nigrum
Explanation: An annual herb with alternate, oval leaves, stalks, white flowers, and berries that are black when ripe. It can be used as medicine and has diuretic and anti-inflammatory effects.
4. Gentian
Explanation: Perennial herb with opposite leaves, ovate-lanceolate, and tubular flowers, purple. The roots can be used as stomach medicine.
5. Dragon King
Explanation: According to myths and legends, the king lives in the water and rules the water tribe. He is responsible for the rise of clouds and rainfall. Superstitious people in the old days prayed to him for rain.