Jump to content

File:Chinese 12 Character Palindrome Charm - Cjiyou 01.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chinese_12_Character_Palindrome_Charm_-_Cjiyou_01.jpg (300 × 297 pixels, file size: 22 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: The meaning of a verb on this Chinese numismatic charm may change depending on whether it precedes or follows the pronoun. Since this is a palindrome, one can begin to read this amulet coin with any pronoun or verb and read clockwise or counterclockwise.

As an example, starting with the “second” character in the inscription written above, the meaning would be “laugh at him scolding me (笑他说我)”, “look at him fight me (看他打我)”, “be tolerant of him cursing me (容他骂我)”. Reading the same characters counter-clockwise would be “I curse and he is tolerant (我骂他容)”, “I fight and he watches (我打他看)”, “I speak and he laughs (我说他笑)”.

Therefore, completely different meanings occur when reading this Chinese numismatic charm, which is dependent on which pronoun or verb the reader begins with and which direction they are reading.

The charm is made of brass (copper-alloy) and has a diameter of 51.64 mm and a weight of 35.05 grams.
Date Before the 19th (nineteenth) century.
Source
Author Unknown authorship.

Licensing

Commons:Currency
Commons:Currency

Public domain
Public domain
This file is a scan of a coin of which its design is otherwise not restricted by copyright. This is a photocopy of a coin produced using an entirely mechanical method with no creative input.

Please only use this template if the following conditions are met:

  • The file is a mere mechanical reproduction of the coin and not a handmade illustration.
  • The design of the coin itself is not copyrighted, please see Commons:Currency for its copyright status.
  • The scan has not been sufficiently altered to generate new copyright, such as by colouring it in using intricate graphic designs.

Please include a license tag for the original design of the coin from its country of origin; and if its country of origin is not the United States then:

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
 Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
 Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

The inscription consists of 12 Chinese characters inscribed around the rim which reads “我笑他说我看他打我容他骂". The most basic translation is “I, laugh, he, talks, I, look, he, hits, I, am tolerant, he, scolds”.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

ec828aa46851b172f07f43ccfc1f546200189aad

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

22,974 byte

height

297 pixel

width

300 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:28, 23 July 2023Thumbnail for version as of 12:28, 23 July 2023300 × 297 (22 KB)Donald TrungUploaded a work by Unknown authorship. from * http://www.cjiyou.net/html/2011-09/248974.htm with UploadWizard
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_12_Character_Palindrome_Charm_-_Cjiyou_01.jpg"