A Gwailo's View of Han Zi !
A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
E crocodile
Copyright Julie Vaux 2013
While the phonetic looks like a scale pattern I do wonder if Dongson drums could have been an influence?
Crocodiles can be noisy during mating season .
I like the way the modern form suggests a crocodile's eyes and tail .
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