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==永 (yǒng)== | ==永 (yǒng)== | ||
Today, we will learn the Chinese character 永 (yǒng) which means "forever" or "eternity" and is pronounced "yǒng". | Today, we will learn the Chinese character 永 (yǒng) which means "forever" or "eternity" and is pronounced "yǒng". | ||
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永 (yǒng)
Today, we will learn the Chinese character 永 (yǒng) which means "forever" or "eternity" and is pronounced "yǒng".
This character balanced and perfect structure onsists of 8 strokes which are the basic strokes of "Regular script", which is the newest of the Chinese script styles, hence most common in modern writings and publications.
It is said the Calligrapher-Sage, Wang Xizhi, spent many years practicing this character (among others).
As a radical
It's a radical in other characters like in:
- 脉 (mài): arteries and veins
- 咏 (yǒng): to sing
- 泳 (yǒng): to swim
In words
The characters appears in words like:
- 永不 (yǒng bù): never
- 永世 (yǒng shì): forever
- 永恒/永恆 (yǒng héng): eternal, everlasting
- 永生 (yǒng shēng): to live forever