利用类化思路考释碑刻疑难字例说

An Illustration of Explaining Knotty Chinese Stela Characters from the Perspective of Analogy

类化是汉字系统演进过程中的通例之一,它为疑难字词的考释提供了一条思路。从类化的角度出发,结合碑刻字例,可将疑难字的考释方法总结为类比文例、辨析同形、偏旁分析、追溯形源、明辨典章、审察语境六种。这些方法在考释过程中常常是综合使用的。

Analogy is a general rule in the evolution of Chinese character system,which provides a resolution for explaining Chinese knotty characters and words.Combining with inscription examples,the specific methods can be summarized as comparing examples,discriminating homographs,analyzing radicals,tracing sources,differentiating quotations,and examining context from the perspective of analogy.These methods are often intertwined in practical application.