The stroke order of Xiao
"Xi" is a first-class Chinese character, pronounced "Xi of 6"
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Text evolution:
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Graphically, the word "small" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (Figure A) is three fine-grained objects, which is the initial word of "sand". At the stage of bronze inscription, in the shape of "small" in which "Yu Ding" appeared (Figure B), three grains became thick and round; In the "small" shape on "Ding Ling" (Figure C), the point in the middle of the three particles becomes a short vertical line.
In the development stage of seal script (Figure D), in order to meet the needs of "long structure and uniform size", the middle point was changed into a long vertical line, and the left and right points were changed into opposite arcs. At the stage (Figure E), the official script changed the rectangle of seal script into a rectangular flat shape, and restored the distinction between left and right, and further developed into the word "small" in regular script.
In terms of meaning, the original meaning of the word "small" is tiny dust particles, and this image contains three meanings: it means that there is not much in quantity, and then it is slightly deformed and represented by the word "little";
Texture represents sand grains, and then the word "sand" is added; Physically, it means particle, and later "small" is dedicated to this meaning. This extension refers to tiny, as opposed to the one used by Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jin Wenzhong. The meaning extended from smallness refers to people who are humble, inferior, low in status or poor in quality. The meaning extended from smallness means contempt and contempt, and the meaning extended from smallness also refers to young people or young people. In modern Chinese, "Xiao" can be used alone or as a radical.