转注辨析

Synonymous Characters Discrimination

六书是战国末年的文字学理论,是古人从已存汉字的形体结构中归纳出来的六种造字方法。转注是六种造字方法中,造字功能最强,能产性最大的一种造字方法。它是在已有转注母字的基础上,通过加注类首符号再造新字。认识转注造字法,对辨析汉字的形、音、义都具有重要意义。

The six categories of Chinese characters is a formative theory which was established in late Warring States. It is the six ways to create characters which were induced by ancient people from the structure of existing Chinese characters. Arnong the six ways of creating characters, synonymous characters possesses the strongest function and is the most produc-tive one. Its way to create new characters is to add some symbol that is similar to initials to existing synonymous letters . It is very important to recognize synonymous characters in discriminating shape, pronunciation and meaning of Chinese characters.