1/26/13 學校舉行校內學術比賽School Academic Contest，please practice and well prepare for this activity.

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漢字的故事 : 自

「自」字本是人類鼻子的象形，但人自我介紹時總會指指自己鼻子，故「自」字漸漸有「自己」的意思，並衍生出「獨立」的意思。至於原來的「鼻子」的意思，則由「鼻」字取代。

Long time ago, 自 was the picture of a human nose, however, people always like to point at their nose when they introduce themselves, so 自 gradually means 'the self', then derives the meaning of 'independence'. The original meaning of 'nose' was replaced by 鼻.

漢字的故事 : 己　The Story of Chinese Character :己

己 depicts a twisted stem of a tree, it looks like a curling human body, he holds his body tightly in order to protect himself, but the meaning of twist or curling is then replaced by 卷, and now 己 solely means oneself. On the other hand, when a tree is getting old, its stem twists, 己 is used to describe the sixth stage of the plant's growth, thus becomes the sixth of TianGan.
On the other hand, the curl tree trunk represents the oldness of the tree, while an old tree has gone through so many things, it is experienced and can be seen as a record of the past days. Therefore, 己 also has the meaning of record or remembering something, but such meaning has been replaced by 記 and 紀.

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