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interrogating the characters of our given chinese names led us towards thinking about examining chinese characters with  女

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女 - nǚ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order - Ninchanese

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"ǚ" can be a tough letter to type in Chinese so it is standard to type a "v" instead to signify the ǚ

女 is also a meaning component

Learn more about 女 as a component in other characters: 女 the meaning component

(lit.) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); (fig.) a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was

(lit.) golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; (fig.) lovely young children; a golden couple; (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple

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女 - nǚ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order - Ninchanese

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"ǚ" can be a tough letter to type in Chinese so it is standard to type a "v" instead to signify the ǚ Learn more about 女 as a component in other characters: 女 the meaning component (lit.) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); (fig.)

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Chinese character component 女 woman (meaning) - Ninchanese

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The character 女, which means woman, was created to look like the image of a woman crossing her legs. Can you see it?

In ancient China, women were always depicted that way on Oracle bones, as they were supposed to stay at home to do housework, while waiting for their husband to come back from the farm work.

女 is both a character and a character component

女 can be used as a meaning component in a Chinese character. You'll find 女 in characters related to women. It can also be found in characters to express gender, femininity, motherhood and by extension, beautiful things.

These characters all contain 女:

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Chinese character component 女 woman (meaning) - Ninchanese

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The character 女, which means woman, was created to look like the image of a woman crossing her legs. Can you see it? In ancient China, women were always depicted that way on Oracle bones, as they were supposed to stay at home to do housework, while waiting for their husband to come back from the farm work.

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Queerness in plants 2

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Queerness in plants 1

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6 oct 2018
drawn during da:ns lab

the joy of discovering my face and playing with charcoal to map texture on paper with my eyes closed
my dancing subconscious

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Drawing on self, while being drawn

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favourite frog poses

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Landscape, body sensuality

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Thinking about euphoria and dysphoria

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Thoughts after Kagemi by Sankai Juku
(written by sonia, 1 may 2014)

The awakening of Lazarus
The scream of an infant
The cheeky chuckle of youth
The cries of the dying old man
Tiresias sees again

The wrath of the ocean
The tickle of the salty breeze
The nudge of the waves
The simmer of bubbles underneath
Dead sea is alive

All the different shades of white
Rise and fall
The tides, empty then full
Death till life
Night and light

Look,
the flowers are blooming

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hollow
the empty hollow
it has no face
it has no name
a tender whisper

the hollow rings
rings upon rings upon rings upon rings upon rings upon rings upon rings…
an incessant ringing, ringing, ringing…
RINGING
bells
chimes
a-calling
they are calling me

the hollow swallows
embraces of my foregone
desire, a siren cry
of the buried unalive
gone too soon
we feed our wimpers
to the sound
i see it all dissolving
i try, try to touch the sky
unfold into the abyss

the hollow is a halo,
hollow halo, dusty halo
dusty, dusty hallow be
-fall, before the fire
flickers into flames,
into embers of you.
are you - ?
you are
you; you are

you are the hollow
we are the hollow
and i will follow
into the hollow
swallow the hollow
swallow me, hollow

(first written by sonia in april 2022. then reworked and performed by sonia at anise x sonia, ngs, jan 2023)

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Touch, intimacy, affection, control