说“南”、“■”、“■”

Note on the Words Nan,Que and Que

"■"在卜辞里有两种不同来源的假借用法,"■"在后来出现了形体分化,《说文》则分别收了"南"和"■"两字。"南"的上古音泥母侵部为本音所在。卜辞里用作祭牲的幼畜义的"■"亦为假借用法,其语音来源于敲击"瓦制之乐器"之声。

The borrowed usage of the character “ ” had two different sources in buci, so the form differentiation of the character “ ” appeared later andshuowen contained two characiers “南” and “ ”. As the ancient pronunciation of the character “南”, initial consonant “ni” with final “qin” is its original sounck The character“ ” meaning sacrificed young animal in buci is also a borrowed usage, and its pronunciation originates from the sound of beating an earthenware musical instrument.