見字如見人 (gin3 zi6 jyu4 gin3 jan4) — seeing one's words is seeing one's person in Cantonese

gin˗₃ziˍ₆jyuˎ₄gin˗₃janˎ₄
见字如见人
Mandarin Pinyin: jian4 zi4 ru2 jian4 ren2

Meaning of 見字如見人

nounseeing one's words is seeing one's person
nounHandwriting can determine one's personality; Handwriting reveals so much about a person | [synonym] 字如其人
nounHis face comes to my mind by merely looking at his handwriting; I miss him so much on seeing his handwriting | [synonym] 見字思人

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