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Chinese symbol for english word "Silence"
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 11:56 am
by Liam Stoinof
Is there somebody to help me to know what is chinese symbol for english word "Silence"?
Re: Chinese symbol for english word "Silence"
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 11:25 am
by Mark
Yes, it is a little picture of a man with his index finger over his mouth.
Re: Chinese symbol for english word "Silence"
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 7:29 pm
by Jules Clegg
The character for "silence" that you usually see in libraries etc. is pronounced "jing" (falling tone.) The character is built out of two other characters - "qing" meaning "green" and "zheng" meaning "struggle." It consists of 14 strokes of the pen. Sorry I can't show you what it looks like here.
Re: Chinese symbol for english word "Silence"
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 7:32 pm
by Jules Clegg
Well, maybe you can see the character if I type it here.
靜 jing