lwstl4ke Posted December 5, 2011 at 03:08 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 at 03:08 AM 象 I've always liked it since we learn it as part of 像, with its meaning of elephant I was always able to envisage it as actually looking like one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted December 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM 控 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iriya Posted December 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM Probably 乐/樂/楽. I especially like the meaning it has in Japanese (when read 'raku'). E.g. 楽になりたい. I've no idea how to translate this specific concept to English. Also, the word 楽園. Too bad it got downplayed to simple 'playground' in modern Chinese. But it retains its original meaning in Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelS Posted December 18, 2011 at 02:32 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 at 02:32 PM I'm quite partial to 容纳. It has a nice balance of up and down side to side bits. 企鹅 is good for the same reasons, but a bit crowded in the second character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samitakamaki Posted December 18, 2011 at 09:54 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 at 09:54 PM my favorite is undoubtedly 甭 -it's just so intuitive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono1001 Posted December 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM My favourite character is 电 diàn. I first learned this as 電 when I learned Japanese. I really like the story of the rice field being hit buy lightning from the clouds. The instant mnemonic is what got me interested in characters. I always try to learn the radicals and etymology of new characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iriya Posted December 19, 2011 at 04:54 AM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 04:54 AM The 'rice field being hit by lightning' is 雷, not 電. There were originally many fields with a lightning bolt moving between them, then they were dropped and 雨 was added for clarification. 电 is simply a picture of a lightning bolt, although it got heavily distorted later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peggy-liz Posted January 9, 2012 at 05:48 PM Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 at 05:48 PM "永"is my favorite..it includes all strokes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM My Chinese friends don't seem to have a favourite character. Watching the fascinating video mentioned above ('How to write the character 之') I can see why - all the Chinese characters are so beautiful. I don't have any favourite words to write in English and none of them are, of themselves, beautiful or ugly: or maybe familiarity causes me to miss some aesthetic. Anyway, as I write :-), my favourite characters are: 或 ... (或者) and 惑 ... (困惑) and then 咸 ... (咸蛋) and 感 ... (感兴趣). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areckx Posted January 10, 2012 at 05:58 PM Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 at 05:58 PM 我 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuexiansheng Posted January 20, 2012 at 11:18 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 at 11:18 PM Always liked 些 because it looked like a face that was winking. ;)) And it gives me opportunity to skip 量词！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Mauricey Posted January 25, 2012 at 01:09 AM New Members Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 at 01:09 AM I love 飞 in its simplified form because it's so elegant. Looks a bit like dragonfly to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthtojess Posted January 28, 2012 at 06:24 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 at 06:24 AM 明, mainly because it is the first character that came to mind.. As 日+月=明, combined the sun and moon are very bright , therefore, 明天/年 will always be bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari Posted January 31, 2012 at 07:01 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 at 07:01 PM 雨，明，花，月，心，蕊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollibee Posted February 8, 2012 at 02:25 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 at 02:25 AM I prefer 众, Three people into the public. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpastille Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:04 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:04 PM I was surprised that I didn't find a topic about the most beautiful Chinese characters when I searched for it, so I am now taking the liberty to start one. Quite simply: Which Chinese character, traditional or simplified, is your favorite one from a purely aesthetic point of view? I've always been a sucker for this character for emperor: 帝. I especially like writing it. It goes quite well together with the meaning, too. What's yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebear Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:32 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:32 PM I've always had a soft spot for 众, originally described to me as "people falling all over each other". Not particularly beautiful, but funny, and one that I never had to study because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:48 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 at 08:48 PM I was surprised that I didn't find a topic about the most beautiful Chinese characters when I searched for it merged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DespikableMi Posted April 11, 2012 at 07:45 AM Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 at 07:45 AM 〇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medivhsteve Posted May 19, 2012 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 at 09:40 PM ‘丨’，'gun3'，just a line and yes its a character but seldom do Chinese people use it. I know it because I'm Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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