口耳相承

口耳相承 in English

kǒu ěr xiāng chéng: (idiom) To accept information passed on by word of mouth, without direct verification. The expression suggests transmission through hearsay or oral tradition.

Character breakdown

口 kǒu mouth
耳 ěr ear
相 xiāng each other
承 chéng to bear

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 口

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 耳

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 相

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 承

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

How it used to be written

口

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

耳

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 曹魏
See all 19 forms

相

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 22 forms

承

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西晉
See all 11 forms

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

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