Sheep is a common word in Chinese, which first appeared in Shang Dynasty. Most ancient hieroglyphics are shaped like sheep's heads with prominent horns. The original meaning is cattle and sheep. Sheep are gentle in temperament, and the sacrifices and daily life of the ancients are closely related to sheep, which is often regarded as a symbol of good luck. Therefore, "sheep" is also called "auspicious" in ancient Chinese characters.
Sheep is one of the radicals of Chinese characters. There are many words with "sheep" as the signifier, such as antelope, lamb and mule. Some are related to sheep's personality, such as soup, shame, kindness and herd. The word "sheep" is written the same as the word "cow", and two parts replace the whole.
Calligraphy writing of "sheep"
Sheep: The glyph is longer. The upper part is 2: 1, and the left part is a little bit, which shows a kind of potential and cannot be written off at once. The lower part is three horizontal lines, the first horizontal line is longer and the second horizontal line is shorter, with different shapes, all of which are slightly shoulder-resistant. The bottom is the longest, and the pen is slightly downward. The middle vertical is the hanging needle vertical, and it must not be weak. Write strength.
In fact, the brushwork of writing "sheep" calligraphy is very simple, and the horizontal painting should be stable, because the horizontal plays a balanced role in a word, and the uneven horizontal makes the word unstable. There are long and short lines in the horizontal direction, which are slightly heavier with a pen, slightly lighter with a pen to the right, and slightly pressed with a pen to the right, so it will be more beautiful to write.