One Chinese character a day - ice

Ice bīng, when cold water meets cold and condenses, becomes a raised ice cube

Today we come to know the word "ice bīng".

【Glyph evolution】

仌, the "ice" in the golden glyph is a special reference word - the vertical "water" oracle bone is like a mountain spring flowing from top to bottom on the mountain rock; the horizontal "water" oracle bone (disaster) is like a raging flood; the ice, gold glyph "仌" is half of the turbulent waves, indicating the opposite of "waves", which means "water is stagnant and does not flow". Some jinwen shorten the wave-like abbreviation into two points, adding "water" at the same time, emphasizing that "ice" is made of liquid "water" solidified. The seal text "仌" mistakenly wrote the two folding pens in the golden glyph into two "human" shapes, and the image of the ice ridge disappeared. Seal Variant Characters are written in gold glyphs.

Original meaning: noun, water condensed into a static solid due to low temperature. The Lishu writes the "water" in the seal glyph.

【Calligraphy Masters】

【Definition of words】

〈Name〉

(Will you understand.) From the water, from the water. Jin Wen as "仌". The gold glyph indicates that after the water condenses into ice, the volume increases and the surface rises (arched) in shape. "Sayings": "Frozen also, like the shape of water condensation". The small seal is multiplied, and the "water" is added. From the meaning of "仌" from "water", "仌" is dedicated to the head of the ministry. Meaning: solid made of frozen water)

Same as the original meaning

Ice, water hard also. - "The Talk"

Frost is solid to ice. - "Yi Kun"

Ice is not pan. - "Poetry Shao Feng, Dagger with Bitter Leaves"

The Ice One, the Yin One, and the Water Stagnant One too. - "Hanshu Wuxingzhi"

Ice, water for it. - "Xunzi Persuasion"

Ice thaws and freezes. - "The Pipe and the Five Elements"

The male disciple released his armor and held on to the ice. - "Twenty-five Years of Zuo Chuan Zhao Gong"

Another example: ice wrench (ice cold); Ice musk (ice flakes with musk); Cold water (as cold as ice and water); Snow blowing before the ice (metaphor for worse things); Ice Jade Self-Confidence (self-knowledge that Ice Jade is pure, and there is nothing to do with it); Ice wheel (metaphor for the moon)

The Iceman, the Matchmaker

Such as: ice discussion (refers to the matter of marriage); Ice Language (Matchmaker's Words); Ice Axe (Matchmaker); Ice Medium (Matchmaker)

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〈Move〉

Freeze, freeze

Water begins to freeze, ground begins to freeze. - "Etiquette and Moon Order"

Put things together with ice or cold water to cool it down.

For example: ice two bottles of soda

Makes it feel extremely cold

Wind Moon Iceman is not a township. ——Yang Wanli, "On June 24, I was sick and smelled the rain and the warbler"

Another example: this water ice hand

〈Shape〉

Cold, cold

Such as: ice food (cold food); Ice (refers to cold wells); Ice clear (cold and clear)

Crystallized into a solid, crystallized

Such as: rock sugar

Innocent, crystalline

Luoyang relatives and friends asked each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot. —— Wang Changling, "Furong Lou Sends Xin Gradually"

Another example: Ice exercise (honest conduct)

【The Story of the Word】

Furong Lou sent Xin Wan

Tang Wang Changling

Cold rain and river night into Wu, Pingming sent guests to Chushan Lonely.

Luoyang relatives and friends asked each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot.

Translation: Misty smoke and rain sprinkled all over the Wudi River sky overnight; send you away in the early morning, lonely to Chu Mountain infinitely sad! Friends, if luoyang relatives and friends ask me about me, just say that I am still ice heart jade pot, stick to the faith!

Interpretation: The "ice heart" here is a metaphor for a pure heart. The poet's self-metaphor in this crystal clear ice heart jade pot is based on the true understanding and trust between him and the relatives and friends of The Luoyang poets, and from the crystal clear and clear jade pot, he holds out a crystal clear and pure ice heart to comfort his friends, which is more able to express his deep affection for his relatives and friends in Luoyang than any words of lovesickness.

The vast river rain and the lonely Chu Mountain not only set off the loneliness of the poet when sending off, but also showed the poet's cheerful mind and resolute character. The lonely mountain standing in the middle of the river sky and the ice core placed between the jade pot form a kind of intentional or unintentional care, which naturally reminds people of the image of the poet Lonely Jie's proud shore and ice and jade purity, so that the exquisite conception and deep intention melt in a clear and clear artistic conception, so that the natural blend, no trace, implicit connotation, endless afterglow.