释“克”

Note on the Chinese Character Word“Ke”

“克”字的甲骨文形体为兽皮状,而字形最上方似米粒状的小点或一短竖,为兽被杀后口中流出的血状。“克”一词的本义“胜”义,在形体表现时反映的是整个事件的结局,即兽已被杀死,口中吐血且兽皮被剥之状。《说文》“克,肩也。象屋下刻木之形”中有关“克”的形体分析和词的本义解释均不确切。

The form meaning of ancient Chinese character word jiaguwen Ke and its form meaning is the skin-like of a beast. A rice grain-like small dot or a short vertical line in the upper part of its form is the blood from the killed beast. The original meaning of the word Ke is to win and its form reflects the final result of a whole incident, i.e. a beast is killed and skinned with the blood spitting from its mouth. The analysis of the form meaning and explanation of the original meaning of the word Ke in explanation of word, as Ke means shoulder, like The form of carving wood in a house, is not correct.