从刀具到味觉——说“辛”

• 作 者: 常欣
• 出 处: 咬文嚼字
• 发表日期: 1995年12期
• 关键词: 偏旁部首 演变历史 隶变 现代汉语 表义

比较一下以“辛”作为偏旁部首的字,我们不难发现其中有些字的意义差别很大,如“妾”指女性奴隶、“辞”指讼词、“辣”表味觉等,似乎风马牛不相及。然而,只要我们从“辛”的意义演变历史着眼,就会发现上述词义间的内在联系。 “辛”字甲骨文写作(?),像古代的刀具之形,这种刀具,古人用于标识,这种情况,可以见诸“章”字。金文“章”写作(?),从“辛”从“日”,“日”

Comparing the words with “Xin” as the radical, we can easily find out that some of these words have very different meanings. For example, “concubines” refers to female slaves, “Ci” refers to the words and expressions, “spicy” table taste and so on, Horse does not match. However, as long as we evolve our history from the meaning of “Xin”, we will find the intrinsic connection between the above meanings. “Xin” character Oracle writing (?), Like the shape of the ancient tool, this tool, the ancients used to identify, in this case, you can see the “chapter”. Jinwen “chapter” writing (?), From “Xin” from “day”, “day”