New Interpretation of Characters

Author: Liu Jiaqi
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The purpose of compiling this book is to restore the principle of ideographic representation and the Six Character Rules of Chinese characters; to explore the cultural connotations within the structural forms of characters; and to make Chinese characters a set of rules that are simple, logical, rich in meaning, and full of fun, making them enjoyable and easy to learn for everyone. This book focuses on analyzing the logical relationships between the forms, meanings, and pronunciations of each character, highlighting their original meanings. It then extends these original meanings to derive derived meanings, further derived meanings, and borrowed meanings, listing the meanings in order. Without the creation of characters, there would be no classics. The creation of characters must be based on natural, social, and life contexts. This book also analyzes the logical relationships between the forms, meanings, and pronunciations of characters based on natural, social, and life contexts, rather than relying on classic characters. As needed for the explanation of characters, some (jiǎgǔwén - oracle bone script), (jīnwén - bronze script), and (xiǎozhuàn - small seal script) forms are listed to help readers understand the evolution of character forms and facilitate the comprehension of the logical relationships between form, meaning, and pronunciation. This book explores the cultural connotations within the structural forms of characters based on the logical relationships between form, meaning, and pronunciation and the background of character creation, enhancing the knowledge and (qùwèixìng - fun) of Chinese characters. This book includes approximately 8,500 character heads, plus traditional characters and variant characters, totaling about 11,400 characters, which can basically meet the needs of reading newspapers and classical literature.