论汉字演进对表意的影响

The development of chinese character's influence on meaning expression

汉字的演进体现为字体的演进和字形的演进,其中前者贯穿于整个过程,而后者直接影响着汉字的表意:其一,它使汉字在由形表意逐渐向符号表意过渡中,失去了造意;其二,它使汉字在以简化为主流的过程中呈现多元化趋势;其三,它使汉字在表意形声化的过程中增强了表意功能。

The development of chinese characters embodies the development of the character's form and its pattern, while the latter influences the meaning expression of chinese characters directly. On one hand, the pattern of character made the chinese character transform from pattern motivation to symbol motivation, which loses the meaning creation of chinese character. On the other hand, it made chinese character demonstrate the tendency of pluralism in the course of the mainstream of simplification of chinese characters; sound and form of a character also play a very important role in the process of meaning expression, which intensified the function of meaning expression.