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h is the Chinese character for “flowing water,” from Edkins, p. 28. 
“In the Chwen wen three strokes descending indicate the appearance 
of flowing water as seen in a river. The two outside strokes are broken 
in the middle.” 
The same authority, p. 155, gives another character, 7, with the same 
Fia.455,—Greenland map. 
meaning as the last. The author says: “It is supposed to be turned 
onend. It is better to regard the old form with its three descending 
lines as a picture of water flowing downward.” 
k, from Copway (a), represents the character for “land.” It is a tur- 
