“砖”字的起源与演变考

A Research on the Origin and Evolution of Chinese character “砖”(Zhuan)

查阅各朝代的字书中"砖"字的记载和历史文献中"砖"字的使用,发现现代"砖"字是起源于甲骨文的"專"(表音)和瓦当文"瓦"(表义)。晋代之后,两个独体字组合成"甎",并延伸出另一合体字"塼"。辽宋时期后,又出现了"石"为部首的"磚",并逐渐替代"塼、甎"字,到解放前"磚"已成为主体字形。在新中国的第一次汉字简化方案中,"專"简化为"专",正式确定了现代"砖"字。

By referring to the use of the Chinese character ＂ zhuan ＂（ meaning brick） in the dictionaries of all dynasties and in historical documents, it is found that the modern character originated in the Oracle ＂ 專 ＂（ Pronunciation） and the tile ＂瓦＂（ Meaning）. After the Jin Dynasty, two single characters are combined into one character ＂甎＂, and derived into another character ＂塼＂ with ＂土＂（ meaning soil） as radical. During the Song and Liao Dynasties, another character ＂ 磚 ＂ which took ＂ 石 ＂ as radical appeared, and gradually replace other two characters ＂塼、甎＂,＂磚＂ has become the main font after 1949. In the first Chinese program to simplify characters,＂專＂ is simplified as ＂专＂, then formally identified as＂砖＂.