释“去”

History about the Chinese Character "去(qu)"

分析“去”字的甲骨文形体,为上“大”下“口”的会意字。“去”一词的本义为“离去”义,而“去”的甲骨文形体上方部件“大”为一人,表示正在离去,而下方部件“口”则为另一人之口,表示另一人对离去之人正在说送别之言。《说文》“去”的小篆形体已从甲骨文的初形演变成了“从大,声”的形声字。

In Jiaguwen, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty （ 16th-11th century B.C. ）, the Chinese character “去”was made up of two parts, the upper one “大” and the lower one “口”“去”originally means “to leave”, “大”means “one is leaving”, and “ 口” means “the other one is saying goodbye to the one who＇s leaving”. According to Shuo Wen, an ancient Chinese book on Chinese language studies, the character“去”changed its form in xiaozhuan, a kind of Chinese calligraphy in Qin Dynasty.