字 · Shi You
Zì (4th tone). The Shuowen reads 字 as 「乳也。从子在宀下，子亦声」 — ‘to nurse, to suckle’; the form shows a child (子) under a roof (宀), and 子 is also the phonetic. So the original sense is nurture, the way a covered roof shelters a growing child. By rit $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart