释“曑”

Interpretation of “Shen”(曑)

从"曑"的字形结构、源流变化和词义引申,"曑"的同族字以及"曑"、"參"的同音假借四个方面考释"曑"的形义,认为许慎"曑"的本义为"商星"、"■声"的说法及约斋、林义光等人的释义均有误。在金文中"■"本当为象形,象參宿七星之形;"曑"字形为三星连成一线,就具有了"三"的意义,"三"又被"參"同音假借过去,用作数词;"曑"的两组同族字意义均与"三"和參星关系密切。后来由于隶变、传写等原因,"曑"简化为"参","参"变形为"叁",但其意义均与參星有关。故"曑"应为象形字,其本义为參宿星,因參宿是古晋地的分野,是为晋星。

The thesis investigates the pattern and structure of shen （曑）, the changes and the origins and Shen（ meaning is of Shen（曑）, the homologous series of Shen （曑）, and the phonetic loan o The author concludes that it is not correct for Xu Shen to state that Shen＇s曑 meaning f Shen （ ） original ＂Shang Star＂ following the pronunciation of ＂jing ＂as the ＂sound character might have been tampered added to Shen Shen（曑） is includes three with by later generations, which should be pictographic character. Later, Shan（ ） is as a phonetic sign, so the character is changed from pictographic character to phonogram. scribed into Shen （参） and Shen （曑） written as in inscriptions. Shen＇s constellation shiny stars connecting into a line, which gives the character the meaning of ＂three＂. are homonyms and loaned by Can（参） as a numeral. Now Shen（曑） is simplified into Shen（参 They ） and ＂ changed into San （叁）. Above all, 曑 should be pictographic character and its original meaning isJin star because the area corresponding to the Shen Star is Jin.