because the left radical indicates “cloth” and the right character by itself means “knife,” combining them means cutting a cloth, which to me is an action of creating something new or a new beginning just like how a person would cut their hair before a new beginning.
Varya
6 months ago
The left part of the character looks like a representation of a plant sprouting from the ground, with the vertical line representing the stem and the horizontal line representing the leafs. This character can evoke the image of something in its initial stage of growth or development which is in its meaning similar to beginning.
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murun
6 months ago
it looks like a bird standing just the outside of the cage, BEGINNING her/his new chapter of life.
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NYU Shanghai
Henry Stewart
6 months ago
It looks like a person carrying a backpack, like they are BEGINNING a journey.
because the left radical indicates “cloth” and the right character by itself means “knife,” combining them means cutting a cloth, which to me is an action of creating something new or a new beginning just like how a person would cut their hair before a new beginning.
The left part of the character looks like a representation of a plant sprouting from the ground, with the vertical line representing the stem and the horizontal line representing the leafs. This character can evoke the image of something in its initial stage of growth or development which is in its meaning similar to beginning.
it looks like a bird standing just the outside of the cage, BEGINNING her/his new chapter of life.
It looks like a person carrying a backpack, like they are BEGINNING a journey.