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Character Analysis

Nushu character "一"

 

Chinese character "一" means "one"

It's a really simple stroke. It is written from top to bottom. 

Nvshu character "二"

 

Chinese character "二" means "Two"

This is the character "TWO" in Nvshu. 

Nvshu character "哭"

 

Chinese character "哭" means "Cry"

This looks like a crying face with two tears, you can easily know the meaning of this word in Nvshu.

Nvshu character "刀"

 

Chinese character "刀" means "Knife"

This three simple lines composed the shape of knife, looks vivid.

Nvshu character "母"

 

Chinese character "母" means "Mother"

This word means mother, I think the longest verticle line is mother's body and she is carrying baby on her back.

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Nvshu character "分"

 

Chinese character "分" means "Seperate"

It looks like a knife cut bread and split by two parts.

Nvshu character "天"

 

Chinese character "天" means "Sky"

This character looks like a flying bird in the sky.

Nvshu character "水"

 

Chinese character "水" means "Water"

This Nvshu character is really close to Chinese, as you can see those lines represent river.

Nvshu character "女"

 

Chinese character "女" means "Woman"

I can see a happy woman is dancing from this character.

Nvshu character "双"

 

Chinese character "双" means "Twin"

This character "twin" is also close to Chinese word "twin". It is easy to know these two shapes are identical.

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References: Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set 

                      ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 N 3462R 

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