見字如見人 (gin3 zi6 jyu4 gin3 jan4 | ) : handwriting can determine one's personality

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見字如見人

gin3 zi6 jyu4 gin3 jan4

[1] Handwriting can determine one's personality; Handwriting reveals so much about a person | [synonym] 字如其人
[2] His face comes to my mind by merely looking at his handwriting; I miss him so much on seeing his handwriting | [synonym] 見字思人

[literal] seeing one's words is seeing one's person

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

見字如見人 / 见字如见人

This word has been viewed 1814 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 17th Mar 2009 07:19 and last edited on 9th Jul 2014 16:25

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見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of
字 zi6 - word; glyph
如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to
見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of
人 jan4 - person; human being

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