An interesting example of the evolution of pictophonetic characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Interesting examples of the evolution of pictophonetic characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions;

Male, Oracle Bone Inscriptions (farmland, cropland)+(strength, physical strength), which means the labor of farming. Original meaning of word-making: a noun, a male laborer who works hard in the field. Know words. From the battlefield, from the force It means working hard in the field. It also means "armor" and "knife".

Male, laborer in peacetime, soldier in wartime. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Male, husband also. From the battlefield, from the force Yannan exerted her strength on the fields.

Female, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a hieroglyph, and the glyph looks like a kneeling person, with his hands folded and dignified. Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions put a symbol of crossing fingers on his head to show his hair. Original meaning of word-making: a noun, a human woman who can bear children and breastfeed.

In ancient times, unmarried women were called "women" and married women were called "women". Now they are generally called "women".

Shuo Wen Jie Zi: female, female also.

There are too many interesting words in Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Judging from the word-formation method of Liu Shu, pictographic characters, ideographic characters, knowing characters, pictophonetic characters and phonological characters all appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, so it goes without saying that Zhuan Zhu and metonymy are not word-formation methods.

Chinese characters are ideographic characters, and their meanings are expressed by glyphs. As the earliest and most mature Chinese character discovered at present, Oracle Bone Inscriptions can almost say that every glyph has a story. Through the interpretation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's glyphs and meanings, we can see the living conditions and cognitive styles of Chinese ancestors.

As far as the word formation characteristics of Chinese characters are concerned, the word "Wen" can be explained separately. The so-called monomer is "Wen" and the combination is "Zi". "Wen" is an inseparable independent font, and "Zi" is composed of two or more "Wen". The combination of "Chinese characters" has also created a unique culture of "dividing Chinese characters" and "deciphering Chinese characters" in China.

The word "Wen" and "Zi" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions fully embodies the ancient people's knowledge and cognition of people, things and things, and is full of wisdom and endless interest.