试论现代汉字的类型

Discussion on Types of Modern Chinese Characters

现代汉字研究的历史并不长,"现代汉字"这个术语最早见于20世纪50年代。我们这里定义的现代汉字是指现代汉民族共同语的规范用字。近年来对于现代汉字的研究逐步深入,涉及方方面面。但对于现代汉字的类型研究似乎比较少见,本文结合现代汉字的教学实践,对现代汉字的类型提出拙见来探讨这个问题。现代汉字是经过规范化和整理的汉字,对它的研究应着重于现状。所以现代汉字的分类研究就要分别从字形、字音、字义、字频四个方面入手考察。

We do not have a long history in research of modern Chinese characters. The term of ＂ modern Chinese characters＂ firstly appeared in 1950s. Here we define modern Chinese characters as Standard Chinese ones commonly used by modern Han people. Recently the researches about modern Chinese characters involves various aspects and are gradually deepened, while few are concerning the types of modern Chinese characters. Some ideas are put forward in the paper based on the teaching practice. Modern Chinese characters are organized and standardized, whose essential nature does not change. Therefore, researches about modern Chinese characters should be carried out from the following aspects： character pattern, character pronunciation, literal meaning and word frequency.