不 · Wang Xianzhi
不 (bù, 4th tone; also fǒu) is pure negation, and the Shuowen Jiezi explains it by flight: 鳥飛上翔不下來也。从一，一猶天也。象形 — ‘a bird soaring upward and not coming back down; from 一, since 一 here stands for heaven; pictographic.’ Modern paleographers gen $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart