论改"形声"为"声形

On Rectification of "Pictophonetic Characters"with"Phonopictorial Characters

从形声字产生的途径和来源看,绝大多数是以声旁加上形旁的。占形声字80%的"后起形声字"是音的成分占据首要地位,起决定作用。声符至少在800个以上,而义符只有二百多个。形声字发展变化的规律与趋势是突破表意性质,走向表音,因此完全有理由改"形声"为"声形"。

Etymological studies show that most of the Chinese phonograms are composed of a phonetic radical plus a meaningful component. Among the 'laterarising phonograms'that account for 80% of the total, there are at least more than 800 phonetic radicals, whereas the number of meaningful components is merely a little bit over 200. Thus the sound gains a dominant and decisive position. The evolution of Chinese phonograms tends to jump the traces of the ideographic aspect and move towards phonographic. It may, therefore, be safe to rectify the term 'pictophonetic characters' with 'phonopictorial characters'.