“箐”字考释

Textual Research on “Qing (箐)”

“箐”是极具地域特色的地名用字,“箐”类地名广泛分布于我国西南地区,这是西南地区多林多山的地理特征所致。从字形上看,箐字从竹,其义与竹有关。箐有较多同源字:东周时期,箐表示青黑色,与綪、靘同源;唐宋以来,箐表示覆盖于棺木之上的竹席,与輤同源,箐还表示小竹笼,与笭、箵、籯、䇸同源;明清时期,箐由篬竹、䉑竹名泛化表示竹林,并广泛用作西南地区自然村落名;现代,箐只保留下竹林丛生的山谷这一义项,其它义项均不再使用。考释“箐”字,对研究西南地区地名用字、民族文化等具有一定参考价值。

“Qing (箐)” is a toponymic word with regional characteristics. The toponyms of “Qing” are widely distributed in Southwest China, which is due to the geographical characteristics of the region with many forests and mountains. From the shape point of “Qing”, the word is from bamboo, and its meaning is related to bamboo. Qing has rich meanings and many cognate words. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Qing was blue and black, which was the same origin as Qian (綪) and Qing (靘). Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Qing said that the bamboo mat covering the coffin has the same origin as Qian (輤). Qing also said that small bamboo cages are of the same origin as those of Ling (笭), Xing (箵), Ying (籯) and Ting (䇸). During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qing was a generalization of the name of bamboo to denote bamboo forest, and was widely used as a place name in Southwest China. In modern times, Qing only retains the meaning of the valley with bamboo groves, and other meanings are no longer used. The interpretation of the word “Qing (箐)” has certain reference value for the study of the characters of geographical names, national culture in Southwest China.