I always find Chinese characters interesting because they often consist stories within the characters themselves and they are very graphic. For example, "口" means "mouth" and it looks like a mouth! "门" means door and it looks like a door! English words on the other hand, is not graphic in general and is difficult for people to find an association between the spelling of the words and the meaning of them.
But I find one English word that is superb in this regard, and the word is "triune" in adjective form and "trinity" in its noun form. This English word was derived from a brilliant man-made Latin word initiated by theologian Tertullian in early 3rd century. "Trinitas" in Latin means "three occuring at once" or "three are one".
This provides a beautiful and fundamental understanding of the God whom we worship -- God the Father, God the Son Jesus and God the Holy Spirit. God is "triune" -- "three occuring at once" and "three are one", just as the Scripture described:
As soon as Jesus (God the Son) was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and John the Baptist saw the Spirit of God (God the Holy Spirit) descending like a dove and lighting on Jesus. And a voice from heaven (the voice of God the Father) said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:16-17)
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