全面认识“会意”造字方法

A Comprehensive Understanding of the Method of Creating "Understanding Characters"

在汉字发展的过程中,先后出现过两种会意造字方法,一种是通过形象化的图形提示词义的形象会意方法,另一种是通过字的组合来解释或提示词义的抽象会意方法。长期以来,人们仅把抽象会意字看成会意字,而把形象会意字看成象形字或指事字,这种片面的看法既不能准确地理解会意字的造字意图,又导致"会意"与"象形"、"指事"两种造字方法的界限不清。

With the evolution of Chinese characters,two kinds of ＂understanding characters＂ have come out,one is to suggest the meaning of a word by a pictorialized figure,which is the visualized one,and the other one is to explain or to suggest the meaning of a word by the association of the characters,which is the abstract one.But,for a long time,people only regard the abstract ＂understanding characters＂ as ＂understanding characters＂,and regard the visualized ＂understanding characters＂ as ＂pictographic characters＂ or ＂pointing characters＂.This one-sided view has confused the differences between ＂understanding characters＂ with ＂pictographic characters＂ and ＂pointing characters＂,as well as cannot explain the meaning of a ＂understanding character＂ exactly.