“穀”、“谷”词义考释

A Textual Research on "穀" and "谷"

对于现代汉语里的"谷"和"穀"之间的关系,很多人都简单地认为"谷"只是一个读音和"穀"相同的"穀"的简化字,在词义上它们毫不相关。然而事实上它们在词义上是关联的。"谷"和"穀"之间的关系并不是简单的简化字和被简化字的关系,"谷"除了读音和"穀"相同外,还具有"穀"的一系列词义和用法,在"穀"的词义和用法上它们是同义词。

As for the relationship between ＂榖＂ and ＂谷＂ in modem Chinese, many people simply regard ＂谷＂ as a simplified character of ＂榖＂; ＂谷＂ has the same pronunciation as ＂榖＂, but its word meaning is irrelevant to that of ＂榖＂. However, in fact, they are related to each other in word meaning. Under the author＇s research, it is found that the relationship between ＂榖＂ and ＂谷＂ is not just simplifying or simplified. Apart from the same pronun ciation, ＂榖＂ and ＂谷＂ share a variety of same meanings and usages to a great extent. In other words, they are a pair of synonyrns in meaning and usages.