At the end of Han dynasty, direct pronunciation began to appear, that is, relatively simple words with the same pronunciation were used to annotate uncommon words, such as "He" as the phonetic symbol. This method is very convenient to operate, as long as you can find the same word, but this is also its limitation. After all, not all words can find homophones, and even if they do, they may be relatively uncommon and difficult to read.
2. If you read
Similarly, using a well-known word to mark another word does not require the pronunciation of the two words to be exactly the same, as the name implies, as long as they are similar. Also known as "reading like", it was created by ancient exegetists. They take it as their duty to explain words and study semantics. The ancient book says: "Read as it is, read as it is, imitate its sound. There is no irony in ancient times, so it is a metaphor. "
In June,191811,the Ministry of Education officially announced the Chinese character phonetic symbol based on strokes.
From 1920 to 1958, phonetic symbols have been used for nearly 40 years, which has played a great role in unifying the pronunciation of Chinese characters, popularizing Putonghua and popularizing Pinyin. Premier Zhou Enlai once spoke highly of the role of phonetic symbols: "After the Revolution of 1911, phonetic symbols came into being, which was the first set of phonetic symbols officially published by the state and widely implemented in primary and secondary schools in China.
Phonetic symbols have made some contributions to literacy education and phonetic unification. "Due to historical reasons, phonetic symbols are still one of the main spelling tools for Chinese characters in Taiwan Province Province, and they are required to be learned in Chinese education in primary schools.