pinyin: ráo
I. Basic explanation
Chai Cao. Firewood. It also refers to a person who beats firewood.
2. Explain in detail
1. (Sound and sound. From damn, Yao Sheng. Original meaning: firewood)
2. Same original meaning: firewood, salary. -"Shuo Wen", inquire about the grass. -"Poetry Board", a slut. -"Zuo Zhuan Zhao Gong Thirteen Years". Sparse: for the grass of fire. Sell their salary. -"Pipe, Light and Heavy Armor". Note: "Big salary, small salary." Another example is the woodcutter. Turnip, dish name, woodcutter, firewood man.
For example, Qi Shu (the person who mows and weeds)
3. Chopping firewood, the sender in the children's area, and the shepherd in Chenzhou. -Tang Liu Zongyuan's Biography of Children's Area is another example: grazing (mowing grass and grazing) See also yáo
Third, the origin of Chinese characters
originated from the picture form used by primitive people to express themselves in their lives. Chinese characters originated from the picture form used by primitive people to express themselves in their lives. Later, the original picture became an ideographic symbol, and the systematic text was formed in the 16th century BC.
IV. History of Chinese Characters
Chinese civilization is a unique civilization, and its characters are also very unique. Of all the countries in the world, only China has an uninterrupted cultural heritage because of its strong inclusiveness and assimilation, which makes Chinese characters a rare and uninterrupted writing form in the world.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which appeared in the late Shang Dynasty in the 14th century BC, is widely regarded as the first form of Chinese characters. It has a history of 3, to 4, years until today. Later, various fonts such as comprehensive art, whole block, floating clouds and variants were born one after another, which showed the prosperity of China culture to the world and was also the inevitable result of the development of Chinese characters.
5. How many Chinese characters are there in China
There are about 1, Chinese characters in China. But in fact, the Chinese characters used in our daily life are very limited. According to the statistics of relevant departments, 1, Chinese characters can cover 92% of written books, 2, Chinese characters can cover 98% of written words, and 3, Chinese characters can cover 99% of written words.
From this set of data, we can easily see that there are about 3,5 Chinese characters used in daily life. If you want to read some ancient books, you need to double the number at most.