戴異同源補説

Supplementary Explanation of How Dai(戴)and Yi(異)Are Cognates

甲骨文有■和■兩類字形,舊多釋爲一字異體,現多認爲前者象頭頂筐形,是負戴之“戴”的本字,後者象人面戴鬼頭形,是怪異之“異”的本字。從介於二者之間的形體“■”入手,結合字形分布的類組差異和用字習慣綜合考察,可判斷它們是一字異體的可能性不能完全排除,即■由■訛變而來,均係“戴”之本字,由於音近借爲“異”。

There are two characters ■ and ■ in oracle bone script,which used to be regarded as variants of one character.But now scholars think that the former is dai(戴),whose shape is like bearing a basket on the head,while the latter is yi(異),whose shape is like a person wearing a ghost mask.This article finds that is a transitional form from to ■,meanwhile,by examining the differences of character forms in different groups and the different habits of character usage,the article agrees with the original point of view that they are variants of one character,that is,they are originally dai(戴),which are used as yi(異)because of phonetic similarity.