汉字记录汉语的方式及其成因

The Way and Cause of Formation of Chinese Characters Recording Chinese Language

汉字的基本单位——单字记录汉语的方式主要有据义构形的意符表词方式、依声托事的借音符表词方式、音义兼顾的意音符表词方式。这三种表词方式经过历时积淀和层累共存,形成了汉字记录汉语方式的多样性。这种多样性的背后展示了先民追求充分有效记录汉语的艰难求索过程,也蕴藏着先民难以割舍的以形表意情结。

The basic unit of the Chinese character, namely, the way of using a single character recording the Chinese language, mainly includes forming shape according to its meaning, expressing things according to its sound and the combination of sound and meaning. The three ways have undergone accumulation of period and have diversity of recording the Chinese language. This kind of diversity shows the difficult process of exploring the way of recording in the early times and the complex of shape, expression and meaning.