What is the origin of Chinese characters?

Origin of Chinese Characters: The earliest Chinese characters should be Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions was more produced by offering sacrifices. At that time, the social background had a strong awe of the gods, and some natural disasters were difficult to understand, so they were considered to be the meaning of the gods. Therefore, in the society at that time, the status of priests was very high, so some priests' time and contents were written on the turtle shell as props for divination.

It evolved into Guo (pinyin: guó), which first appeared in the Shang Dynasty. The original word of "country" is "or", which is also the ancient word of "domain". The original meaning of this word is "country" and "fief". The configuration of the word has the ground ("one") and the force "grid" to defend the city. There is a horizontal line around Ai, which may indicate that this important place is guarded on all sides.

Later, these four strokes were simplified to one; In the bronze inscriptions in the late Zhou Dynasty, the word "or" was borrowed as probable or suspicious, and a word "for" was added to indicate the territorial scope. Read the ancient Olympics. Xiao zhuan in Qin dynasty inherited the form of inscriptions on bronze in late Zhou dynasty. It turned "Guo" into a rigid square character.

Interpretation of ancient books

The origin of Chinese characters

Volume VI: The ancient perplexity of guó.

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Notes on Shuo Wen Jie Zi

Liu Juan Xia Gebu

Bunia.

Note: the municipal department said: state, country also. Training each other according to the state, muddy words also. Zhou Li Note: The residence of a big country or a small country is also called a country. The same is true for analysis.

From, from or.

Note: Gebu said: Or, Master Bang. Ancient or national use, national seal use. Old and confused. One.

Kangxi dictionary

On Ugly Collection, the first stroke of Emperor Kangxi of China: 1 1, and the second stroke: 8.

Ancient prose: Alas, alas, alas, alas? 、?

Tang Yun: Ancient or cut. "Ji Yun": Bone may be cut, but sound. Shuowen: Master Bang. Zhou Li Xia Guan measured people: he was in charge of the law of founding the country and divided the country into Kyushu.

Another "Winter Official Examination": The craftsman governs the country, next to the three gates, the junior high school has nine meridians and nine latitudes, and the nine traces have been drawn, leaving the ancestors to the right and facing the market outlook. Wang Lizhi: Five countries think it belongs, ten countries think it is connected, twenty countries think it is a pawn, and 210 countries think it is a state. Mencius: big country, land of a hundred miles, two countries, land of 70 miles, small country, land of 50 miles.

Zhou Li, local officials and Palm Festival: Tiger Festival is used in mountain countries, People's Day in soil countries and Dragon Boat Festival in Zeguo countries. Note: Mountainous countries are mountainous, flat and full of water.

Destroy the country of man, conquer the country of man. "Zuo Zhuan" Note: Those who get the country will have no country and no land.

Besides Kyushu, he speaks foreign countries. Also known as the country. Biography of Ban Chao in the Later Han Dynasty: Hou Jun spent more than 30 years abroad. Also: the country is far away.

And the distance between these two countries is called enemy country. Mencius: Enemies don't want each other.

Those who come from abroad are called princes. Li Ling's answer to Su Wushu: Wen Zi has returned, but he belongs to a classical country. Note: Canon, palm also. That is, the person in charge of the country.

Another city, a country, a country. Song Chengda Chang's Bei Bei: In the Han Dynasty, there was one city and one country in the western regions. The city is a country, and the city is guarded. If the country doesn't build a city, it will soon be a country.

Last name. Shi Yuan: After Tai Gong. Qi has a national title, the world is still Qing, and Song has a national title.