Happy New Year! 🎉 Let’s celebrate 2025 with the kanji 巳 (Mi), representing the Year of the Snake.

巳 has just three strokes but carries profound meaning: growth, transformation, and the cycles of life. It originates from an ancient pictogram of a curled-up fetus, symbolizing new beginnings. Later, it became associated with the snake, a creature of renewal, shedding its old skin to reveal the new.

As we step into the year of the snake, let’s take inspiration from 巳—a reminder that even in moments of stillness, growth is happening beneath the surface. What transformations will you embrace in 2025?

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A Calligraphy for New Year