Urgently ask for the origin of the word 囧 and what is the history of the word 囧

"囧" 囧", not "Martian body", this Chinese character is pronounced jiong (three tones), the original meaning is "bright". One of the most frequently used words in online chats, forums, and blogs is now given the meaning of "depressed, sad, helpless". 囧 has been described as "one of the most popular Chinese characters of the 21st century".

In 543 A.D. (Southern Dynasty Liang), the literary exegete and historian Gu Yewang between Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasty made the first existing regular script dictionary "Jade Chapter" in China, which included the "embarrassment" part, saying "囧, Da Ming also".

In addition, in the Southern Dynasty Liang's "Zhaoming Anthology" included the protagonist of the idiom "Jiang Lang is exhausted", the famous writer Jiang Yan at that time wrote 30 miscellaneous poems, of which the eighteenth poem is: "Embarrassment Autumn Moon Ming", here, Tang Dynasty Li Shan quoted the Han Dynasty "Cangjie Chapter" as a note: "Embarrassment, Ming also."

It can be seen that "embarrassment" means light.

In today's Internet age, "囧" is widely used as an emoji symbol, especially familiar to anime lovers.

Its outermost "mouth" is regarded as a human face, its angular and angular makes people feel helpless than round, and "eight" represents the eyes, in which the small "mouth" is the human mouth, and when viewed together, it is a declining face that makes people laugh.

But in fact, the history of the word "囧" is much older than we think, and it has been seen in the oracle bone inscription as early as possible.

You might as well take a look at the evolution of the oracle bones of "Ming" and "Shang".

The "day" in "Ming" is similar to "embarrassment", and the "day" itself is the meaning of light; The second half of "Shang" is also very similar to "embarrassment".

Moreover, from the oracle bone inscription to the golden inscription to the small seal, that half of the part has changed again and again, and the period of incompatibility has different characteristics.

The "embarrassment" in the oracle bone inscription is the most miserable, like a cry of pain, which may be related to the fact that the Shang Dynasty killed other tribes too heavily in history, and the victims were too resentful, so that they were reflected in the text; This may be because at the beginning of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou people valued agriculture and lowly merchants, and explicitly forbade their own people to engage in business, and the Shang (dynasty) people were no longer noble, and many people had to make a living from business, which was inevitably discriminated against; Xiao Zhen smiled, faintly expressing the joy of the people at that time finally getting rid of the slave era and striding into the feudal era; The standard glyphs that have been used in later generations still show signs of drooling, which also reflects the comfortable and lazy side of the life of later generations.

Of course, whether this indicates that the ancients have begun to use "embarrassment" as an expression to express emotions remains to be further studied.

The word "囧" has become an emoji word on the modern Internet. Originally, this font was used to describe Yao Ming's expression. But do you know what the word "囧" means? Where did the word "囧" first appear? Let's follow my footsteps in China to find out.

In April 2011, a farmer in Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province, picked up a fragment of pottery and found that it was engraved with the word "囧". According to experts from the cultural relics department, the pottery pieces have a history of more than 2,000 years.

The word "囧" on the pottery shards is a pictogram that originated from oracle bone inscriptions and was an auspicious pattern that often appeared in official documents during the pre-Qin and Warring States periods. In the seal body, the earliest writing of the word "day" is "囧". Later, the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yan Zhenqing used the writing method of seal script in regular script, and wrote the character "Ming" as "朙", which is still used by calligraphers; In July 2011, a martyrdom monument commemorating Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, attracted onlookers because of the appearance of the word "embarrassment", which was actually half of the word "朙" in Yanti.

In the oracle bone inscription, the left side of the character "Ming" is a circular sun, and by the Jinwen period, the "sun" became in the shape of a wheel. After the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, the implementation of the small seal, many characters have undergone decorative changes, the "Ming" in the "Yishan Tablet" has become "Xi", although the structure is complex, but it is very good-looking; After the Song Dynasty, the character "Ming" was officially designated as a regular character and popularized its use, and "朙" became a variant character, which is rarely seen. However, the last emperor of the Han Dynasty and the grandson of Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong, this stele of "Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty" once again brought the word "Xi" into the public eye.

At present, the character "囧" has become one of the most frequently used Chinese characters on the Internet, and is endowed with the meaning of "depressed, sad, and helpless", and the original meaning of the word "囧" is bright. If the character "囧" is regarded as a human face, then "eight" is two eyebrows drooping due to sadness and frustration, and "kou" is the mouth that opens and stammers. It is given new meanings such as sadness, helplessness or embarrassment, and it seems to be reliable.

There are currently four main theories about the meaning of (囧).

1.The window said. Xu Shen's "Saying Wen Embarrassment": "Embarrassment, the window is beautiful, and the Ming is also" pictographic You Doumin.

2.Cang Qi said. Qu Wanli: Shenzhi "囧 word, when it is a kind of thing like a warehouse, it is used as a verb here, 'rice 囧', which means "new rice has entered the warehouse".

3.The name of the sacrifice said. Mr. Yu Xingwu: "Embarrassment is the name of the sacrifice, and the deed is also embarrassment, and the alliance is passed." That is, the curse of the "Zhou Li" curses the alliance of the curse ......Embarrassed by Mi Lianwen, the alliance shouted that he would swear to the ghosts and gods. ”

4.The place name says. Li Xiaoding agreed with the window in the shape of the word 囧, and thought that it was a place name in the meaning of the word:

It is a place name, and it is mostly seen with the word rice. However, what kind of place name, he seems to agree with Qu's Cangqiao said. Mr. Yao Xiaosui and Mr. Xiao Ding have similar opinions:

The word is just like the shape of the window and the shape of the bright and exquisite, and they are all used as place names, without exception. Mr. Zhao Cheng said: "The configuration of 'embarrassment' is unknown.

Oracle bones are used as place names.

囧 means 曧, meaning distress, jiǒng ancient with "冏". Zheng code: jdol, u:

56e7, gbk: 87e5 number of strokes: 7, radical:

囗, stroke order number: 2534251 == 冏 jiǒng 《形》 (象形. This work is "embarrassing".

Like a bright window. Original meaning: bright) Same as original meaning [light; bright]。

Such as: 冏冏 (bright appearance); Tsukiru (bright and thorough); Jian Temple (i.e., Taifu Temple. Signed by ancient officials.

Horses and Horses); 冏牧 (冏清. Taifu Siqing) bird flying appearance [(bird) flying]. Such as:

冏然 (the appearance of a bird flying) 【Common phrases】 冏卿 jiǒngqing [an official administers rear livestock or poultry] Another name for Tai Servant Qing, in charge of matters such as horses and animal husbandry 冏清 because of Wu Gong. (Referring to Wu Mo, the servant.) Word for it.

—Ming Zhang Pu, "The Tombstone of the Five".

The words that come out of the pictogram of the facial expressions of the characters...

囧通 "冏", originally a pictogram in a Chinese character that is rarely used today, belongs to the 囗部. Since 2008, it has become a popular emoji among the online community in Chinese.

The word "囧" first became popular in Taiwan's BBS community, gradually became popular among teenagers and online groups in the region, and then spread to Hong Kong, and with the introduction of **, "囧" also opened and quickly became popular in Chinese mainland. Recently, with the rise of the Internet subculture, the mainstream ** has begun to try to introduce the word "embarrassment" as a news element, and it has begun to have an effect in the film and advertising industry.

The character "囧" quickly became popular on the Internet with its frustrated expression in regular script. Subsequently, in Hong Kong, some netizens compared the appearance of Myolie Wu, an actor in the TV series "When a Dog Falls in Love with a Cat", with the character "囧", commenting on his acting skills and making a spoof, making the word "囧" more popular on the Internet. Mandarin's "embarrassment" and "embarrassment" are homophonic, and the feeling of reading is also easy to associate with embarrassment and embarrassment, and the popularity is rapid.

It also uses the image of its characters to express the meanings of "embarrassed", "helpless", "really unbearable", "defeated" and so on. Some netizens were inspired by orz to replace "o" with "囧", making the head of the "frustrated body bending forward" more freehand, writing "囧rz", and even writing "囧rz=3" to exaggerate the meaning of helplessness. Someone even made a ** with this word.

The popularity of the word "embarrassment" on the Internet has also caused some controversy. Some people think that Chinese characters should be respected and used to spoof **, which damages the sense of heaviness of the Chinese culture. However, some people believe that the attention to rare characters such as the character "囧" is conducive to the spread of Chinese character culture.

The reinterpretation of Chinese characters and square characters in online language is a positive phenomenon of cultural communication.

A word made for the supreme encouragement.

This word is an expression that describes a person's face.