甲骨文字形分析三则

Three Analysis of Oracle Grapheme

甲骨文"■"字当释作"榣",于刻辞假作"朝"。甲骨文"不"、"帝"二字皆象草木之根,"帝"当为"柢"的表意初文,表示树木的主根。甲骨文"■"字象于器中洗足形,后所从之"皿"讹作"舟",而成小篆"歬"字。小篆又别有训"洒足"的"洗"字,而"歬"、"洗"本当一字。

In oracle, the character ＂ ＂ should be interpreted as ＂move＂, but in the inscriptions, it is used as the meaning of ＂dynasty＂. In oracle, the characters of ＂no＂ and ＂emperor＂ like the sticks of grass and roots. The elementary meaning of the character ＂emperor＂ means ＂root＂, which means the main roots of trees. In oracle the character ＂＂ like the foot-washing industry, and later the character ＂utensil＂ changed wrongly into the character ＂boat＂, and became the character ＂ ＂ in Xi- aozhuan calligraphy. The character ＂sprinkle foot＂ is different from the character ＂wash＂ in Xiaozhuan calligraphy. Therefore, the character ＂＂ and ＂＂ should be the same character.