Qi is a first-class Chinese word, pronounced qi. This word was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and its ancient glyph simulated the appearance of clouds and gas. The original meaning of qi is the gastrointestinal qi produced by the digestion of the third-state substances and foods uniformly dispersed in nature.
Later, it was extended to the original gaseous essence energy of human body. Breathing comes from the original gas energy of human body. From breathing to spiritual traits, attitudes and styles; Breathing out of control, angry. Also used as a surname.
"Qi (Jane)" is an ideographic character. Oracle Bone Inscriptions uses three horizontal lines to represent clouds, with the upper and lower horizontal lines being longer and the middle horizontal line being shorter, which is different from the "three-character" Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The inscriptions on bronze in the Western Zhou Dynasty followed the form of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. In the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to highlight the difference with the word "three", the upper part of the word "qi" was bent horizontally.
In the Warring States period, the lower part of the country was bent horizontally, and two variants appeared at the same time, which changed the word "qi" from big, qi sound and fire sound into pictophonetic characters. The characters in the Qin dynasty basically followed the writing style of "Qi" in the Warring States period. After the Han dynasty, the writing form has hardly changed.
The traditional "Qi" is a pictophonetic character. "Shuowen" small seal style from the plan, sound gas; The head or style of Xiaozhuan in Shuowen is from the meter, which is not only the sound; The second or body comes from diet and breathing. The original meaning is to give away (food), and this meaning is read. Shuowen:
"Gas, feed the guests." "Zuo Zhuan Xi Gong Fifteen Years": "It is a year of hunger in Jin Dynasty, and Qin Bo is angry." Qi (Jane) and Qi are two different words.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "Qi (Jane)" looks like a cloud, and its original meaning is Yunqi, which generally refers to gas. However, in ancient books, the word "qi (Jane)" is often not used, but the word "qi" is used to express the meaning of cloud gas. Qi studies in this sense. Since "Qi" often expresses this meaning, its original meaning is expressed by the word "Qi".
"Qi" is produced on the basis of "Qi" and is formed by adding the glyph "Yes" to the right of "Qi". Qi and "Qi" are the relationship between ancient and modern characters.
When the Chinese characters were simplified after the founding of New China, the "Qi" representing the meaning of cloud and gas was abandoned and its archaic "Qi (Jane)" was restored. The word "Fang" is simplified to "Fang (Jane)", and the method of radical simplification is adopted. "?" Think of it as "scorpion" discarded. ?
"Gas" was later extended to refer to all gases, such as air, fog, oxygen and water vapor. Breathing is the most basic activity to maintain human survival. It inhales fresh air and exhales turbid air in the body, so "qi" also refers to breath.
For example, "qi" in words such as "panting" and "flustered". The water vapor on the ground evaporates and rises to form clouds, and the gathering of clouds and gases reduces the rain on which everything depends, resulting in gentle and violent winds.
Breathing all the time, we can't feel the change and flow of qi all the time. It's cold, but the air is getting cold. The flow of qi brings the fragrance of flowers and plants in the distance, so "qi" also extends the meaning of weather, climate and smell.