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According to the Legend, the Emperor Wong Di's minister called Chang Kit created the Chinese script. The shapes and lines
of birds' and beasts' footprints inspired him to draw pictures of the
objects, with gradual changes over the years which resulted in Chinese
characters of today. Chinese is a monosyllabic language i.e. each
word and character consists of only one syllable.
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HAPPY or HAPPINESS. The other illustration is the sequence of
strokes used to form the character.
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This character means DOUBLE HAPPINESS,
which is the combination of two HAPPY characters as shown
above. DOUBLE HAPPINESS is usually displayed
in wedding banquet halls. |
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JULIE ANDREWS - the names are split into 5 syllables represented by the 5 Chinese characters. The first two represent 'Julie' (see 1 above), the second three 'Andrews'. (see 2 above)
SOPHIA LOREN - the names are split into 6 syllables represented by the 6 Chinese characters. The first three represent 'Sophia' (see 1 above), the second two 'Loren'. (see 2 above) |
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From the Editor:- The following Calligraphy was presented to Mr. T. S. Ip for his 90th birthday by Mr. R. Ip. |
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(1) Fashionable & popular Tattoo in Chinese Characters. (2) Why not send someone a lucky word chosen from the list, such as Happy Birthday, Business Prosperity, good friend, prosperity, happy....etc... |
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