Could someone help me to identify these characters on the screen walls

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Today I visited a garden of one of my friends and there were several screen walls with a character on each one. (The owner was absent and neither could his housekeeper read these characters.)

These walls shield the cloister.

The last wall shields the gate.

But still I could guess out most of them (as a native speaker). The first four are 天 地 同 和 (point out if I am wrong). By no means can I identify the last one. Hope someone can help X:D

(I recognize 酋 and 廾 up to down in the last character, but they don't look like any character I know.)

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  The character is 尊.
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  @droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
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  I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
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  @droooze thanks a lot
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Today I visited a garden of one of my friends and there were several screen walls with a character on each one. (The owner was absent and neither could his housekeeper read these characters.)

These walls shield the cloister.

The last wall shields the gate.

But still I could guess out most of them (as a native speaker). The first four are 天 地 同 和 (point out if I am wrong). By no means can I identify the last one. Hope someone can help X:D

(I recognize 酋 and 廾 up to down in the last character, but they don't look like any character I know.)

character-identification

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edited Aug 17 at 6:40

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  The character is 尊.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:42
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze thanks a lot
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:44
  

  
  
  
  

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Today I visited a garden of one of my friends and there were several screen walls with a character on each one. (The owner was absent and neither could his housekeeper read these characters.)

These walls shield the cloister.

The last wall shields the gate.

But still I could guess out most of them (as a native speaker). The first four are 天 地 同 和 (point out if I am wrong). By no means can I identify the last one. Hope someone can help X:D

(I recognize 酋 and 廾 up to down in the last character, but they don't look like any character I know.)

character-identification

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edited Aug 17 at 6:40

asked Aug 17 at 6:18

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Today I visited a garden of one of my friends and there were several screen walls with a character on each one. (The owner was absent and neither could his housekeeper read these characters.)

These walls shield the cloister.

The last wall shields the gate.

But still I could guess out most of them (as a native speaker). The first four are 天 地 同 和 (point out if I am wrong). By no means can I identify the last one. Hope someone can help X:D

(I recognize 酋 and 廾 up to down in the last character, but they don't look like any character I know.)

character-identification

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edited Aug 17 at 6:40

asked Aug 17 at 6:18

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edited Aug 17 at 6:40

edited Aug 17 at 6:40

edited Aug 17 at 6:40

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Toosky Hierot

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asked Aug 17 at 6:18

Toosky Hierot

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asked Aug 17 at 6:18

Toosky Hierot

3977

3977

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The character is 尊.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:42
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze thanks a lot
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:44
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The character is 尊.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:42
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
  – droooze
  Aug 17 at 6:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @droooze thanks a lot
  – Toosky Hierot
  Aug 17 at 6:44
  

  
  
  
  

The character is 尊.
– droooze
Aug 17 at 6:40

The character is 尊.
– droooze
Aug 17 at 6:40

@droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
– Toosky Hierot
Aug 17 at 6:42

@droooze (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Ooops, but the bottom of it... sigh.
– Toosky Hierot
Aug 17 at 6:42

I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
– droooze
Aug 17 at 6:43

I'll write up the explanation soon, just gotta find the right references.
– droooze
Aug 17 at 6:43

@droooze thanks a lot
– Toosky Hierot
Aug 17 at 6:44

@droooze thanks a lot
– Toosky Hierot
Aug 17 at 6:44

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The character is「尊」.

「尊」was originally a combination of a wine vessel「酉」and two hands「廾」, indicating the meaning (to conduct) a wine ceremony or ceremonial wine vessel. Quote:

《儀禮ㆍ士冠禮》“側尊一甒醴。”

鄭玄注：“置酒曰尊。”

An oracle bone sample is

and this is the form found in the photo.

Western Zhou bronzes eventually replaced「酉」with「酋」.「酋」is a character differentiated from「酉」through the addition of two strokes on the top.

A long time after, the two hands component「廾」was interchanged with「寸」.「寸」,「又」,「廾」and other things depicting hands were commonly swapped in ancient scripts, but here「寸」was also favoured due to the phonetic clue it is able to provide.

The modern form is a continuation from the above.

---

Reference:

• 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》

---

In case the other characters are hard to recognise,「地」and「和」are written with variants「坨」and「龢」, respectively.

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The character is「尊」.

「尊」was originally a combination of a wine vessel「酉」and two hands「廾」, indicating the meaning (to conduct) a wine ceremony or ceremonial wine vessel. Quote:

《儀禮ㆍ士冠禮》“側尊一甒醴。”

鄭玄注：“置酒曰尊。”

An oracle bone sample is

and this is the form found in the photo.

Western Zhou bronzes eventually replaced「酉」with「酋」.「酋」is a character differentiated from「酉」through the addition of two strokes on the top.

A long time after, the two hands component「廾」was interchanged with「寸」.「寸」,「又」,「廾」and other things depicting hands were commonly swapped in ancient scripts, but here「寸」was also favoured due to the phonetic clue it is able to provide.

The modern form is a continuation from the above.

---

Reference:

• 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》

---

In case the other characters are hard to recognise,「地」and「和」are written with variants「坨」and「龢」, respectively.

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The character is「尊」.

「尊」was originally a combination of a wine vessel「酉」and two hands「廾」, indicating the meaning (to conduct) a wine ceremony or ceremonial wine vessel. Quote:

《儀禮ㆍ士冠禮》“側尊一甒醴。”

鄭玄注：“置酒曰尊。”

An oracle bone sample is

and this is the form found in the photo.

Western Zhou bronzes eventually replaced「酉」with「酋」.「酋」is a character differentiated from「酉」through the addition of two strokes on the top.

A long time after, the two hands component「廾」was interchanged with「寸」.「寸」,「又」,「廾」and other things depicting hands were commonly swapped in ancient scripts, but here「寸」was also favoured due to the phonetic clue it is able to provide.

The modern form is a continuation from the above.

---

Reference:

• 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》

---

In case the other characters are hard to recognise,「地」and「和」are written with variants「坨」and「龢」, respectively.

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The character is「尊」.

「尊」was originally a combination of a wine vessel「酉」and two hands「廾」, indicating the meaning (to conduct) a wine ceremony or ceremonial wine vessel. Quote:

《儀禮ㆍ士冠禮》“側尊一甒醴。”

鄭玄注：“置酒曰尊。”

An oracle bone sample is

and this is the form found in the photo.

Western Zhou bronzes eventually replaced「酉」with「酋」.「酋」is a character differentiated from「酉」through the addition of two strokes on the top.

A long time after, the two hands component「廾」was interchanged with「寸」.「寸」,「又」,「廾」and other things depicting hands were commonly swapped in ancient scripts, but here「寸」was also favoured due to the phonetic clue it is able to provide.

The modern form is a continuation from the above.

---

Reference:

• 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》

---

In case the other characters are hard to recognise,「地」and「和」are written with variants「坨」and「龢」, respectively.

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The character is「尊」.

「尊」was originally a combination of a wine vessel「酉」and two hands「廾」, indicating the meaning (to conduct) a wine ceremony or ceremonial wine vessel. Quote:

《儀禮ㆍ士冠禮》“側尊一甒醴。”

鄭玄注：“置酒曰尊。”

An oracle bone sample is

and this is the form found in the photo.

Western Zhou bronzes eventually replaced「酉」with「酋」.「酋」is a character differentiated from「酉」through the addition of two strokes on the top.

A long time after, the two hands component「廾」was interchanged with「寸」.「寸」,「又」,「廾」and other things depicting hands were commonly swapped in ancient scripts, but here「寸」was also favoured due to the phonetic clue it is able to provide.

The modern form is a continuation from the above.

---

Reference:

• 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》

---

In case the other characters are hard to recognise,「地」and「和」are written with variants「坨」and「龢」, respectively.

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