On the Creative Design of Chinese Characters Centering on Compound characters

Abstract

Compound characters refer to a new form of characters created through the combination of two or more characters, that is, characters created by making use of the visual relationships between various characters and the symbiotic relationships between strokes, thus skillfully integrating familiar characters and symbols to create a new sense of unfamiliarity. compound characters are highly malleable and are with unique cultural values, historical values and artistic values. They have provided excellent design elements for the modern design of Chinese characters design and the philosophy of “turning many into one” reflected in compound characters is of referential value for modern designers. Therefore, this paper aims to explore how compound characters can be used so that more diversified character images can be developed from Chinese characters in the modern context and to explore effective ideas of design. This paper first investigates the concept of compound characters and discusses their characters and types of visual composition. On that basis, by studying the application cases of compound characters in modern design, this paper discusses the application of compound characters in the innovative design of Chinese characters, as well as ideas of design ideas.