甲骨文“(酉彡)”字新释

On Explanation of Meaning of Oracle Inscription of "(酉彡) "

"(酉彡)",是商代卜辞中最为常见的字之一,但对于此字的释诂,一直没有得到满意的解决。本文认为,甲骨文"(酉彡)"字既非罗振玉所说的意为尝酌的酒祭,亦与郭沫若所说的乃积薪燔柴之槱祭无涉,而是"鼓缶"、"击缶"古俗之写照,考"(酉彡)"字造字本意,"酉"即陶质酒器,"彡"乃敲击酒器所发出的声音之标符,"(酉彡)"正是鼓缶为乐的会意字,在甲骨文中被专用作以音乐祭祀的祭名,乃"彡"字的繁文,即后世之"肜"字。

The word ＂（酉彡）＂ has different cxplanations for a long time. Mr. Luo Zhenyu explained that it meaned to ladle out liquor to offer sacrifice and Mr. Guo Moruo thought that it meaned to heap and burn firewood to offer sacrifice. Corrisponding with the modern word＂ 槱＂, the author thinks that it should be a portait of an ancient utensil-beating custom in China. The original word building of ＂（酉彡）＂ is composed of ＂酉＂, a pottery liquor utensil, and ＂ 彡 ＂, the sound mark of utensil beating. ＂（酉彡）＂ is an associative compound word meaning to beat a pottery liquor utensil into sound so as to show happiness. In oracle bone inscriptions, this word was created to express a musical sacrifice. ＂（酉彡）＂ had actually been the original complex form of a simplified character ＂ 彡 ＂ which was later replaced by ＂肜＂ .