An Explanation of Our Chinese Logo
Nearly 14 months ago we launched our Chinese language website, kemushen.org. At the time, however, we offered no explanation (either in Chinese or English) of the new logo, as important and meaning-filled as it is. Therefore, as we have elsewhere unpacked the meaning of our English logo, here is some explanation of our Chinese one.
In its written form, Chinese is a character-based language, with a meaning being conveyed not primarily by how each character is spoken, but by how it is written. Each character in Chinese is made up of multiple components (a radical and numerous strokes) and conveys one or more meaning.
For Desiring God, we chose the characters 渴慕神. The official Romaniz…