会意字会意方法新探

On the Method of the Associative Compound Formation

会意字是在象形字、指示字的基础上形成的一种造字方法。它最集中地体现了汉字的表意特征 ,并由表意进而体现其文化意蕴。因此 ,会意字所要表达的概念是抽象的或较为抽象的。本文从两个方面阐述了会意字的会意方法。意在说明 :会意字是以意象思维作基础 ,并抓住生活中一类事物的本质特征 ,用形象的组合 ,用画面的意境 ,揭示着抽象的概念。在揭示过程中 ,体现着中国先人的思维方式和理性色彩。

Associative compound is one of te Chinese character-ma ki ng methods based on the formation of pictographic character and indicating chara cter,which has centralized to embody the ideograph characteristics and further r eveal the deep-seated culture of the Chinese characters.Therefore,concepts expr essed by associative compound are always abstract,more or less.This article is t rying to expound the meaning of the associative compound from two aspects.The au thor wants to explain that associative compound has been based on imagery thinki ng,and has reflected the essential characteristics of the same kind.It expresses abstract concept by visual combination and menu picturesque scene,in which proc ess the thinking way and rational characteristic of the Chinese forefathers have been incarnated.