“猠”字源流考——《老乞大》《朴通事》词汇研究之三

On the Origin and Development of the Character Dian(猠)——Laoqida(老乞大)Piaotongshi(朴通事)Vocabulary ResearchⅢ

古代朝鲜最流行的汉语教科书《老乞大》和《朴通事》的各种本子中都有一个“猠”字,关于“猠”的读音和语义意见不一,有待考订。元代文献中的“甸”,意思是鞣皮成革并染色,“猠”是晚出的替代“甸”的形声字。“猠”的现代汉语读音是去声diàn。

Dian(猠)can be found in various version of the popular Chinese textbook in ancient Korea,Laoqida and Piaotongshi.Opinions on the pronunciation and semantics of“猠”vary and need to be examined.Dian(甸)in Yuan(元)Dynasty literature means tanning leather and dyeing.Dian(猠)is a pictophonetic character that came out late to replace Dian(甸).The pronunciation of Dian(猠)in modern Chinese is the falling tone diàn.