Huni Ma Lan Tu Teach Baby Reading: Smart Baby Volume

Author: Su Zhen
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Children, please spread your wings of imagination and come explore the charm of Chinese characters together. Let's start with a riddle: Round when drawn, square when written; short in winter, long in summer. The answer is the character "" (sun). Did you guess it? Why is it the character ""? The ancient gold script form of "" looks like this: Look at its shape—does it resemble a round, radiant sun? The small dot in the center represents the black spot inside the sun. When you write "" on paper, it appears neat and square. "Winter is short, summer is long" refers to another phenomenon of the character ""—daylight. Have you noticed that summer days are longer while winter days are shorter? This is the charm of Chinese characters—they are formed by simple strokes yet contain specific pronunciations, shapes, and meanings. In fact, Chinese characters grow just like people do. They have gone through a long, long journey to reach where they are today. Do you know how old Chinese characters are? They might be thousands of years old! As Chinese characters have grown, their forms have become simpler, their pronunciations more definite, and their meanings richer. Children, after learning about the growth process of Chinese characters, aren't you very interested in them? Let's start with simple Chinese characters, get to know more, and grow healthily together!