China has a long history, profound cultural heritage, and Chinese character culture has a long history, making important contributions to the development of world culture. With the rise of China, the status of the Chinese language in the world is increasing, and institutions such as the Confucius Institute are also actively promoting traditional Chinese culture and Confucius's positive thoughts.
The charm of the Chinese language lies in its uniqueness, and Chinese characters play a pivotal role in Chinese culture. What I want to share today are two somewhat unfamiliar words - "Yu" and "乸".
These two words may not be familiar to everyone, but let's step into their world and explore the stories and meanings behind them. When they see the word "毑", most people may pronounce it as "also" according to their habits.
This is because most Chinese characters are composed of the form and the sound side, which leads to the wrong pronunciation of the character "毑". So, what is the metamorphosis? It's like the "yifu" of a word, allowing us to guess its meaning from the glyph.
Next to the sound is the pronunciation of the characters, which helps us solve the pronunciation problem of rare words in daily life and makes it more convenient to learn Chinese characters.
From the form and sound side, we can infer it'Sakura'Related to trees, read as'ying'。And for'Yu'words, we can only use half of this method.
Yu'To the left of the word is female, so we can guess that it is related to women. And the right half'Also'It's not the sound of it, it's the real pronunciation of the word'jie'。
When hearing this pronunciation, most people think of it'Sister'This word, in fact, these two words are inextricably linked. 'Yu'The variant of the word is'Sister'。"
Variant characters refer to the polymorphic phenomenon of Chinese characters in the historical development, which can be divided into chivalrous allomorphic characters and generalized allomorphic characters according to the different scope and types. In the process of development in different regions of China, there are certain differences in people's cognition of variant characters.
The unique views of the ancients on Chinese characters are also reflected in the variants. For example, in the Records of the Historians, Sima Qian uses the character "flea" instead of the word "early", a phenomenon that appears many times in the Chronicles.
In addition, the variant character also reflects the ancient Shu (Sichuan, Hunan and other places) to the mother's name, that is, the word "sister" is actually a variant of the word "Yu", although the two glyphs are different, but the original meaning is the same, both indicate the meaning of the mother.
Later, the word "sister" was extended to mean a woman of the same generation as herself but an older woman in ancient Shu, but not including a sister-in-law. This is the charm of Chinese character variants, which not only reflect the history of the evolution of Chinese characters, but also reflect the cultural customs of ancient places.
In the early Song Dynasty's "Neng Gai Zhai Manlu", the character "Yu" is actually a generic term for older women. In the Han and Wei dynasties, people admired respect for the elderly, so the word "sister" became a kind of honorific title for women of the same generation.
However, the word "毑" is generally not used alone, more in the Hunan dialect, usually in front of the word "毑" to add the word "娭" to express the respect for the elderly women in the neighborhood, this is what we often call "grandma".
When the word "娭毑" is used, gender is usually added, such as "Zhao 娭毑" and "Li 娭毑", so that it can refer to a certain person more specifically and give a very polite feeling.
Although"Po Yu"in this word"Yu"The character is relatively obscure, but in the development of Chinese character culture, the meaning of this word has always been continued and inherited. Hakka dialect"Po Yu"It is the mother's mother, and in the northern Shaanxi region"Yujia"with"Lao Yu's family"It is used to refer to the mother's and grandmother's maiden family respectively, which fully reflects the rich connotation of this word.
For"乸"Words, if you don't look up the dictionary and just guess the meaning by the sound, you may go in the wrong direction. Most people will read it directly"mu", but actually"Mother"It's its shape.
Therefore, to understand the meaning of Chinese characters, we need to study their form and sound in depth, and we cannot rely only on the literal meaning.
乸"The original meaning of the word is indeed related to women, and the Mandarin pronunciation is"nǎ", mostly used in Cantonese, Chaozhou Pinyin is"nuǎ"。The interesting side of it is,"Dogs"with"Cats"Refers to a female dog and a female cat, respectively.
Nowadays, in the development of Chinese society, more and more young men lack masculinity and show feminine femininity, therefore"Flattened type"It became a reference to those sissy men, people with feminine behavior.
This makes:"乸"The meaning of the word is more colorful.
The road of this relationship, now it seems to be a living and living, has always been my wishful thinking. It's a heart-wrenching experience. And for food lovers, the goose rice in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province is an irresistible Cantonese delicacy. ”
The goose rice is full of color and fragrance, the goose meat has high nutritional value, fat but not greasy, the more you eat, the more flavorful it is, which is a kind of enjoyment for foodies. The charm of Chinese characters lies in the fact that they have gone through the baptism of time and the development of the times, are rich and changeable, and have aesthetic charm and philosophical meaning. "
Yu"with"乸"Although similar, but with"Mother"Although they seem to be brothers, they are not related by blood, and their meanings are very different, which reflects the magic of Chinese characters.
Chinese characters are not only a tool for life, but also a manifestation of culture. There is a wealth of information behind each character, and the ever-changing dialects add a bit of unique charm to the Chinese characters.
Beginners may be amused by the humor and intimacy of the dialect when they appreciate the charm of Chinese characters, which undoubtedly increases their interest in exploring Chinese characters. Some rare words, such as "毑" and "乸", although widely used in dialects, are not widely known due to their low universality.
However, these characters represent the wisdom of the ancients, and the evolution from the shape of things to simplified Chinese characters is a historical witness to the development of Chinese characters. In general, appreciating the charm of Chinese characters and entering the world of Chinese culture is a kind of happiness in life.
Chinese characters are not only a kind of writing, but also a kind of culture, which carries the history of China and records the development process of China. This is what makes Chinese characters unique and what distinguishes it from other national scripts.
The beauty of Chinese characters is not only reflected in their shape and structure, but also in their ability to convey information. Its square shape gives people an atmospheric feeling, which makes people proud of China's history and culture.
As Chinese, we should cherish and inherit this beautiful Chinese character culture.