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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Where did the horse go? Spectacular transformation of 马, the Chinese character for Horse

AN INTERESTING EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF CHINESE CHARACTERS AND WRITING This video shows the evolution of the Chinese character (马) 馬 mǎ.Initially, the character was clearly a pictographic representation of a horsa, but with time, the iconicty was lost beyond recognition. This video is an excellent example of how Chinese characters, Chinese writing and Chinese characters change and form over time. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/svyCRSvtpck

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