Box 2.2 Simple Chinese Logographs in Ancient and Modern Form
sun/dayrainriver/waterfishman (i.e., human being)womanmoutheye
eyebrowtreewinnowing-basketchildto have two at once (hand-holding two arrows)yield, conformeast (sun behind tree)prisoner (man in cell)love (woman and child)quarrel (two women)fluteprinceSource: Sampson, 1985, p. 24
sun/dayrainriver/waterfishman (i.e., human being)womanmoutheyeeyebrow
treewinnowing-basketchildto have two at once (hand-holding two arrows)yield, conformeast (sun behind tree)prisoner (man in cell)love (woman and child)quarrel (two women)fluteprince