The story of 私

private, personal

私 is composed of 禾(a crop) and厶(a noose). China has long been an agricultural society, crops were the main properties of Chinese people in the past, they liked to tie a noose to circle them to show that those were their private stuffs.

Vocabulary of 私

  • 私隱 (privacy)
  • 自私 (selfish)

Classification

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