汉字的文化特征与书写传承功用刍议——从文字学视角看《中国汉字听写大会》

Personal Views on Cultural Characteristics of Chinese Characters and Inheritance Function of Writing——Also on the Program Chinese Characters Dictation Competition from etymology

汉字具有具象性的特征。汉字的具象性特征使书写传承成为必要;汉字对中华文化的总括性使书写传承的地位难以置换;汉字的具象性特征奠定了书写传承的美学观念。当今,电脑、手机等电子设备的键盘化输入行为,或将颠覆传统纸笔书写的思维方式乃至行为习惯。因此,传统书写活动不仅是汉字传承的重要途径,而且是一种文化态度、一种品格与习性。从文字学视角评议汉字文化特征与书写的功用和意义,有助于加深对《中国汉字听写大会》节目文化传播意义的认识。

Chinese characters is featured figurative,which has become a must for the inheritance of writing and laid the foundation of the character＇s aesthetic beauty;it is the generalizing feature of the character that makes the inheritance of writing irreplaceable. Currently,the keyboard-facilitated programming that electric equipment like computers,mobile phones,ect. is likely to change the thinking mode or behavior of traditional writing via paper. As a result,the traditional writing is both a major way of inheritance of Chinese character and a kind of viewpoint on literature,a kind of quality and a kind of habit. In this regard,the discussion of the features of Chinese characters and function and meaning of writing from the angle of etymology is of great interest to the understanding about the significance of the program Chinese Characters Dictation Competition.