山有朽壤而自崩

山有朽壤而自崩 in English

shān yǒu xiǔ rǎng ér zì bēng: (idiom) Disasters arise from weaknesses that are left unchecked, even when they begin with minor faults. Internal decay can lead to collapse without any external force.

Character breakdown

山 shān mountain
有 yǒu to have
朽 xiǔ rotten
壤 rǎng (bound form) soil
而 ér and
自 zì (bound form) self
崩 bēng to collapse

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 山

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 有

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 而

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 自

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

How it used to be written

山

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 19 forms

有

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

朽

Bronze script 西周早期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

壤

Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
Clerical script 西漢
See all 6 forms

而

Bronze script 西周晚期
Clerical script 西晉
See all 16 forms

自

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

崩

Small seal script
Clerical script 西晉
See all 5 forms

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

See 山有朽壤而自崩 in the search results