How some Chinese characters come to 20

Zhang, the traditional Chinese character for the eye, by the bow and the long left and right combined, the surname Zhang people when introducing their surname to others, are said to be "bent bow Zhang", it can be seen that they attach great importance to the "bow" in the component of their surname. From the point of view of philology, "bow" is also at the core of the character "Zhang". No Zhang characters have been found in the oracle bone inscriptions, but there are many in the gold inscriptions and stone inscriptions, and their writing styles are also different.

Although these characters are written in different ways, they have a basic characteristic, that is, they are inseparable from the bow, arrow, and length, especially from the bow, so it can be said that there is no Zhang without the bow. Judging from the evolution of the glyphs, Zhang was the earliest combination of the bow and the arrow. The bow and arrow are naturally combined, and if there is a bow, there will inevitably be an arrow, and there is no need to emphasize it, so later the arrow gradually withdraws and gives way to the long, and finally stabilizes into a combination of longbows.

The earliest form of the Japanese word is a little more in the middle of the circle, but now the evolution of the circle into a square, a point into a horizontal, that point of the ancient legend is a three-legged golden crow, that is, Hou Yi shot down the thing, the more scientific saying is sunspots, but the ancient people did not know sunspots, only the myth of the three-legged golden crow, coincidentally, the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs of the sun is also the same as China, are a circle plus a point, although the ancients did not have modern scientific literacy, but their observations are very profound, It's just that they turn unexplained phenomena into myths. It means that this bow is more powerful and powerful than ordinary bows.

"Shape" is the second important component of language, but it is not necessary. In ancient times, humanity was mainly faced with the problem of survival and the continuation of the race. In the struggle against nature and fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, it is sometimes necessary to use "shape" or "painting" to represent things.

For example, if you are away hunting, you may make some markings on rocks or tree trunks so as not to lose your way. When hunting, humans also pay attention to the footprints of wild beasts to discern the characteristics of wild beasts.

In addition, human beings may also worship the mysterious nature or the pursuit of beautiful things, and paint "the sun, the moon, people, mountains, trees, animals, and ancestors...... on the walls of the cavesand other images.

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Can't explain it yet?

1. Chinese characters have undergone more than 6,000 years of changes, and their evolution process is: oracle bone inscription (Shang) Jin Wen (Zhou) small seal (Qin) Lishu (Han) Kaishu (Wei and Jin) Xingshu, and the above seven fonts of "Jiajin Seal Licao Kaixing" are called "Chinese Character Seven Bodies".

1. Oracle bone inscription: The text written on tortoise shells and animal bones at all times in the Shang Dynasty is called "oracle bone inscription". Started from the Shang Dynasty.

2. Jin Wen: It is an inscription cast on bronze in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Also known as Zhong Dingwen. Jin Wen has thick and wide strokes, and the dot painting is round, and Jin Wen is more standardized than oracle bone inscriptions.

3. Great Seal: In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the shape of Jin Wen tended to be linear, and the strokes were relatively neat and symmetrical.

5. Lishu: The strokes of the seal script are round. The symbolism is clearly greatly strengthened. The small seal text is standardized, but it is inconvenient to write, and a simpler font is popular among the people, called Lishu.

6. Regular script: In the late Han Dynasty, official script evolved into regular script. There are no changes to the glyph knots, and it is easier to write.

7. Cursive: Cursive is characterized by joint strokes, simple knots, and unrestrained glyphs.

8. Xingshu: Xingshu is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is simpler than regular script and easier to identify than cursive script.

2. About Chinese characters.

1. Origin: The Chinese archaeological community has released a series of excavated materials related to the origin of writing earlier than the Yinxu oracle bone inscription. The Jiahu inscription has been physically determined by carbon 14 and is about 7762 years (128 years) old; There are also 7,000 years ago Shuangdun inscriptions, 6,000 years ago Banpo pottery symbols, more than 5,000 years ago Qingdun ruins inscriptions, Zhuangqiao tomb ruins text with words into sentences, Dawenkou pottery symbols, Yaoshun era Tao Temple ruins Zhu Wen, Xia Ruin water book.

The early bone inscriptions are rich writing systems, and the later ones belong to the initial maturity stage. These archaeological discoveries may be important clues to the origin of Chinese characters, or they may be different sources of the development of various scripts.

In the early 80s of the century, on the pottery excavated at the Dengfeng Xia cultural site in Henan, a more complete text was found. This is the earliest written language that has been confirmed by scholars to have an exact age in Japan so far.

3. Introduction: Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of at least 4,000 years, and the earliest existing recognizable mature Chinese character system is the oracle bone script of the Shang Dynasty. In form, Chinese characters gradually change from graphics to strokes, pictograms to symbols, and complexity to simplicity. In the principle of word making, from the form, ideogram to shape and sound.

With very few exceptions, it is one syllable per character.