众(zhong, ‘a lot of people’) , 人(ren, ’people’) 森(sen, ‘forest’), 木(mu, ‘wood’) 鱻 (xian, ‘fresh and delicious’ ) 鱼 (yu, ‘fish’), meaning ) 猋 (biao, ‘run swiftly, rise quickly’) , 犬 (quan, ‘dog’). 犇 (ben, ‘dash, in a rush’), 牛 (niu, ’ox’) 品 (pin, ‘to taste’, ‘have a good taste in art or literature appreciation’),口 (kou, ’mouth’) 蠱 (gu, ‘strong poison’), 虫 (chong, ‘worm’) 鑫 (xin, ‘rich or prosperous’), 金 (jin, ’gold’) 垚(yao, ‘high mountain’), 土(tu, ‘earth, soil’) 淼 (miao, ‘wide expanse of water’), 水 (shui, ‘water’) 焱(yan, ‘flame’ ), 火 (huo, ‘fire’), 炎 (yan, ‘hot’) 晶(jing, meaning ‘crystal’) , 日(ri, ‘sun’) 美 (mei, ‘beautiful’) 好 (hao, ‘good’) 真 (zhen, ‘real, true’) 善 (shan, ‘kind, nice’) 喜 (xi, ‘happiness’) 福 (fu, ‘good luck, blessings’) 寿 (shou, ‘long life, longevity’) 艺术 (yi shu, ‘art’) 琴 (qin, ‘musical instrument’) 音乐(yin yue, ‘music’) 歌 (ge, ‘song’) 唱 (chang, ‘sing’) 舞 (wu, ‘dance’) 诗 (shi, ‘poem’) 画(hua, ‘painting’) 蝴蝶 (hu die, ‘butterfly’) 鸟 (niao, ‘bird’) 花 (hua, ‘flower’) 草(cao, ‘grass’) 草原(cao yuan, ‘prairie’) 空(kong, ‘emptiness, empty’) 天(tian, ‘sky, heaven’) 天空 (tian kong, ‘sky’) 地(di, ‘land, earth, soil’) 夜 (ye, ‘night’) 夜空(ye kong, ‘night sky’) 星(xing, ‘star’) 字(zi, ‘character’) 书(shu, ‘book’) 文学(wen xue, ‘literature’) 学(xue, ‘to learn’) 田野(tian ye, ‘fields’) 森林 (sen lin, ‘forest’) 水(shui, ‘water’) 冰(bing, ‘ice’) 海(hai, ‘sea’)河(he, ‘river’) 雨(yu, ‘rain’) 风(feng, ‘wind’) 电(dian, ‘electricity’) 闪电(shan, ‘lightening’) 丝(si, ‘silk’) 茶(cha, ‘tea’) 大(da, ‘big’) 小(xiao, ‘small’) 香(xiang, ‘fragrance’) 心(xin, ‘heart’) 梦 (meng, ‘dream’) 爱(ai, ‘love’) 家(jia, ‘home’) Varieties: http://news.eteacherchinese.com/fr/node/1917 Evolution: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/265853184222771288/ Special Directions: 东(dong, ‘east’): The sun rises from the east of the tree. 西(xi, ‘west’): The bird rests in its nest when the sun sets in the west. 北(bei, ‘north’): Back to back. The better direction is the south, which faces the Sun. Therefore, the north is inferior. 南(nan, ‘south’): The tree flourishes in the south. The above four pictures are from the following webpage http://va-n.com/van/?p=210 Spacial directions and the four seasons: Spring, summer, autumn, winter, north, west, east, south Compositions: Connecting English Letters with Chinese characters: 12 zodiac animals: http://www.123rf.com/photo_11758940_twelve-animals-of-chinese-characters.html http://www.uchinavisa.com/chinese-calligraphy.html http://www.searather.com/archives/143 More to appreciate: The above two pictures are from the following webpage: http://www.searather.com/archives/143 The above picture is from the following webpage: http://thepolyglotexperience.blogspot.com/2012/06/chinese-alphabet-in-photos.html The above two pictures are from the following webpage: http://beyond-calligraphy.com/2011/06/24/far-eastern-calligraphy-is-it-written-or-drawn/ http://va-n.com/van/?p=210 http://www.searather.com/archives/143 http://www.pinterest.com/pin/184577284702722119/