一本万殊

一本万殊 in English

yī běn wàn shū: (idiom) Things may differ greatly in appearance while actually sharing the same source. It describes changes that remain faithful to an underlying principle.

Character breakdown

一 yī one
本 běn (bound form) root
万萬 wàn ten thousand
殊 shū (literary) to kill

Stroke order

Le caractère 一 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 一

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 本 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 本

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 万 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 万

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 殊 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 殊

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

一

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 孫吳
See all 14 forms

本

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

万

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢至魏晉
See all 3 forms

殊

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 曹魏
See all 7 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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