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Skype Learn Chinese 天 tiān （ sky）
Skype Learn Chinese Word:天
Skype Learn Chinese Pronounced: tiān
Skype Learn Chinese Example:天空很蓝。 tiān kōng hěn lán The sky is blue.
Ancient Chinese characters were pictographic, outlining the rough shape of things with simple lines. This is how the character comes:
A person stretches both arms carries the meaning that man is big. What is even bigger and higher above a person refers to the “sky”.
Skype Learn Chinese 夫 fū（ man, husband）
Skype Learn Chinese Word:夫
Skype Learn Chinese Pronounced: fū
Skype Learn Chinese Example: 她丈夫很能干。tā zhàng fū hěn néng gàn。 Her husband is very capable.
Ancient Chinese characters were pictographic, outlining the rough shape of things with simple lines. This is how the character comes:
The vertical line going through the “sky” means “a person that can go beyond the sky” which makes him a capable “man”, or a “husband”.
Skype Learn Chinese 本 běn（ root, origin, source）
Skype Learn Chinese Word:本
Skype Learn Chinese Pronounced: běn
Skype Learn Chinese Example: 这是问题的根本。 zhè shì wèn tí de gēn běn This is the source of the issue.
Ancient Chinese characters were pictographic, outlining the rough shape of things with simple lines. This is how the character comes:
The pictographic shows the roots of a tree, meaning the source for everything.