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How word meaning blooms from hidden symbols in the alphabet. by Celeste Claire Horner
Words in Bloom
A tree is like a hand
Another word for tree in Chinese is shù 树. The tree character, 木, anchors the meaning, while the next two components develop the metaphor of a tree being like a hand with fingers branching out.
木 tree. Forest: 林
寸 thumb
手 Shǒu, hand
The Sh sound is associated with outward spreading, like the branches of a tree, in shower, shine, share, brush, and shatter.
O is the sun. D is the Dawn. T is a tree.
Y is yonder sky, and W is a wave of water.
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7-25-2018
A is the Breath, HA
B is mouth, lips
A comes before B, as
the breath comes before speech,
as the author exists before the book
as amor precedes the baby.
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