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  1. What is the difference between 绿 and 青?

    May 7, 2014 · So 青's original meaning is the color of the East, and the East indicate the wood/tree, so 青 originally is the color of the plants after primary growth, it's green. And the …

  2. How is 青 and 苍 used in classical Chinese to denote colors?

    2.青. 青 has two meanings,in nowaday life,青 is cyan.It is not blue or black ,it is cyan,sometimes 青 is greener than cyan.Just google cyan,and you will know it,but don't google 青,those 青 …

  3. classical chinese - Difference of 青 and 黑 - Chinese Language …

    Oct 10, 2021 · Replacing 青 with 黑 does not work in modern Chinese. Replacing 青 with 黑 in classical Chinese, however, is not impossible, although very unorthodox. Here's why: Usually …

  4. writing - Bottom component of 青 and 䏍 - Chinese Language …

    Sep 17, 2015 · 丹 (well). Example: 青 (𤯞 is an old variant form to reflect the seal script; 靑 is coded in Unicode to reflect 丹, though chaotically not all of characters with a variant …

  5. Idiom/chengyu meaning: 小葱拌豆腐一清二白 - Chinese Language …

    Oct 9, 2019 · And 青 sounds like 清(clean), therefore the real expression is 一清二白 (clean and pure) The term 清白 (clean + white/ pure) is a compound word for "innocent/ "guildless" 一清二 …

  6. etymology - Origin of double phonetic component 静 - Chinese …

    Oct 6, 2020 · The 青 component in 靜 represents 丹青 -- (青 is color of the East; 丹 is color of the south. 丹 + 青 = clearly defined) 靜 has the extended meaning of 審 (to define; make clear) …

  7. If 蓝天 means "blue sky", does 青天 mean "cyan sky"?

    Jan 17, 2019 · Peole use both 蓝天 and 青天 and I am wondering if there is any difference. While 蓝 means blue, 青 means cyan, right? Why do people say 蓝天白云 often but seldom 青天白 …

  8. Does 青龙 not really mean Green Dragon?

    Jun 25, 2015 · 青 may also mean young (from 青年 qīngnián = youth), and actually according to a Chinese Characters Roots book, the original meaning of the character was: "the color when …

  9. What’s the difference between 円 and 月 as character components?

    Dec 27, 2017 · 靑/青 was originally comprised of 屮 (sprouting plant) and 井, which gave the sound. The bronze script form looked like. In ancient scripts, 井 as a component was …

  10. Why aren't pictophonetic characters more consistent?

    Feb 24, 2022 · The difference in the pair 青 and 精 is aspiration. 青 is aspirated while 精 is unaspirated. 照三歸端. 童 and 徸 have very different onset in MC. But evidence shows that 照 …

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