Chinese character
Noun
Meaning
Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
A species of moth, Cilix glaucata.
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Examples
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
A mellow understanding of life and of human nature is, and always has been, the Chinese ideal of character, and from that understanding other qualities are derived, such as pacifism, contentment, calm and strength of endurance which distinguish the Chinese character.
Chinese and other Sinic cultures "Ai," the traditional Chinese character for love ( 愛 main) consists of a heart ( 心 main, middle) inside of "accept," "feel," or "perceive," ( 受 main) which shows a graceful emotion.
Herrlee Creel "The Origin of the Deity T'ien" (1970:493-506) The Zhou people attributed Heaven with anthropomorphic attributes, evidenced in the etymology of the Chinese character for Heaven or sky, which originally depicted a person with a large cranium.
He was given the name "Kon" by an uncle who thought the characters in the kanji 崑 signified good luck, because the two halves of the Chinese character look the same when it is split in half vertically.
In school books that teach Chinese, the Pinyin romanization is often shown below a picture of the thing the word represents, with the Chinese character alongside.