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Learning Chinese - Understanding Wo (我) Ideogram 汉子

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Heys guys When we start to study chinese mandarin (汉语), we face this ideogram 我 (Wǒ). At first glance, it seems scary, intimidating and really hard to master his handwritting. However I will give an simple explanation bellow that might help you to master it. The ideogram can be splited in three parts: The traces sorrounded by a blue circle that is a person in a stand-up position. The trace pointed out by a yellow arrow. This arrow points to a person’s arm. The trace pointed out by a red arrow that is a spear. Now, maybe you are wondering: “Ok I got the person part however what about the spear? What is related? Well. if you take a look this spear is quitte close to Shaolin PuDao however on ancient China the blade used to be more curved like a knife sticked in the spear. Below, the nowadays Shaolin PuDao. In ancient China was quitte common to someone to carry that knife-spear for protection. So, someone capable to carry and use this weapon can protect ...