撮土焚香

撮土焚香 in English

cuō gǔ fén xiāng: (idiom) To gather soil by hand as a makeshift incense burner and burn incense to worship the gods, a former superstitious practice performed outdoors.

Character breakdown

撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the finge…
土 tǔ earth
焚 fén to burn
香 xiāng fragrant

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 土

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 香

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

How it used to be written

撮

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢
See all 3 forms

土

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

焚

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 曹魏
See all 18 forms

香

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 曹魏
See all 8 forms

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

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