释甲骨文的“■”字——兼论卜辞中“■”地的地望

Interpretation of the Word“■”in Oracle Bone Inscriptions——With a Discussion of the Geographical Location of“()”

甲骨文中的“■”字,近来学者多据楚简中的“樊”字释其为“樊”。考察“樊”字的早期字形,可知“■”与“樊”当无关系。根据战国玺印中从“网”的“■”字及甲骨文中作“■”形的“■”字,可知“■”从“■”从“网”,“网”亦声,是为“网捕”这一词造的专字。“■”字的异体“■”“■”,在卜辞中用为地名,可读为“盟”,即古书中常见之“盟津”。

The word“■”in oracle bone inscriptions has recently been interpreted by many scholars as fan樊based on Chu bamboo manuscripts.By examining the early form of the word樊,we can know that“■”and“樊”are not related.Based on the Warring States seal word“■”with wang网signific,and the Oracle Bone word“■”formed as“■”,we can know that“■”is composed of gong■and wang网,with the latter also functioning as phonophore.The character was made to write the word“netting.”The variant forms“■”and“■”are used as place names in oracles,and can be read as Meng盟,namely Meng Jin盟津commonly seen in ancient books.