3. Choosing a Finnish object for the character
â First we listed some objects
â Requirements for an object
â Originally from Finland
â Rich background
â Several describing elements
â In the end there were two candidates
â Lure Fishing and Birch Whisk
â We abandoned Lure fishing
â Character combination already
existed
â Finnish origin was in doubt
â At the end we chose VIHTA
4. Basic elements of the characters
âNext we listed words related to vihta
and the process behind using it
âUsing the related words or concepts
we made sketches by using bone
script symbols
â We ended up with draft versions of
the characters (verb and noun)
âLater we discarded the draft version
of the noun
5. Generating the character
âChose the basic elements that make
up the final characters
â Chose a symbol for each element
âCombined selected symbols in an
understandable way
âFor the noun we used a subset of the
verb character
â After this stage we had ended up the
the final versions of the characters
6. The evolution of the characters
â Characters are evolved from original bone script
â First, strokes are simplified in Qin dynasty (220 BC)
â After Qin dynasty the stokes of the characters became gradually more straight
7. The final form of the modern characters
wei wei
The noun The verb
Calligraphy
By pen By brush In print Earlier