Saturday, January 4, 2014

shuang: Another gorgeous histogram: the main portion, to the right, can mean either a winter's frost, or a coating or covering of whiteness, as in either cosmetics or, say, cake frosting. The smaller piece on the left, the "woman radical," indicates that this character should have something to do with ladies. Used together, these two pieces are pronounced shuang, first tone, the Mandarin word for "widow."

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