1, dark phonetic characters. From black to sound, the original meaning is "deep black" Shuowen: "Dark, dark also." Guangya: "Dark, black." Historical Records Confucius Family: "Black." There is still "darkness" (.
2. He understands words. Two feet from Shuowen: "Why, fire sees red." The fire is red. The original meaning is "the color of fire", which generally means "red and fiery red". For example, The Book of Songs Li Feng Jane Xi: "What is like me?" And "Heri (.
3. Dai pictophonetic characters. From black to sound. Shuowen: "Hu, thrush also. From black, my voice. " "Hu" is also written as "Dai". The original meaning of this book is "blue-black pigment." Ancient women used it to thrush. Later, it generally means ""
4. Black people can read. Small seal script, with the ancient word "chimney", that is, chimney; Below is the word "inflammation" (fire), which means that the smoke from burning is abundant. Together, fireworks emit black smoke. Shuowen: "Black is also the color of fire." The original meaning is "black" Xiao Er Ya: "Those who are pure and feed back are called black." Later, it often means "black", such as "black hole"
5. Red pictophonetic characters. In terms of charm (meaning related to thread), the sound of the work. Shuowen: "Red, silk, red and white." The original meaning is: "pink." Paragraph note: "Press, this modern people call it pink peach." Explain the name and explain the silk: "red, crimson."
6. Fei pictophonetic characters. From the sound (meaning related to thread), it is not sound. The original meaning is "(silk) red". The new fu of Shuowen: "No, silk red is also." Later, it often refers to "red and crimson", such as Han Yu's "Sending Hong Nangui": "Flying with purple."
7. Red will understand this word. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, from the big (people) from the fire. People are on the fire, burning red. One said "fire" was red. The original meaning is "the color of fire", which is red. Shuowen: "Red, South color is also." The five elements of the book Hongfan biography: "Red, the color of fire.
8. Zhu refers to the word. Xiao Zhuan, from wood, points out that this wood is a red heart. Shuowen: "Zhu, mahogany, pine and cypress." The original meaning is "red heart wood". Later used to mean "scarlet, big red". For example, "Everything is done in ten years": "Outside the ink, and
9. Dan pictograph. Oracle Bone Inscriptions-shaped, the outer frame is like a mine, with a horizontal symbol inside, indicating cinnabar. Shuowen: "The red stone in Danba Moon is also like a mine." The original meaning is "cinnabar, cinnabar". Later it means "red, red". Zhou Li takes an examination of Gong Ji: "Dye.
10, blue pictophonetic characters. From bitterness to sound, the original meaning is "bitter blue". Shuowen: "Blue also dyes grass." In ancient Chinese, blue does not refer to color, but generally refers to the dye "bitter blue", such as Xunzi's persuasion.
1 1, a green pictophonetic word. It was recorded from a guitar. Shuowen: "Green, silk is blue and yellow." The original meaning is "the color with yellow in green" For example, "Songs of the South": "Green leaves are glorious." It was also used later.
12, white hieroglyphics. Oracle Bone Inscriptions-shaped, like the shape of sunlight shooting up and down, the brightness of the sun is white, and the words from "white" are mostly related to brightness and white. Shuowen: "White is also the color of the West. Yin is white. " The ancients also used it to represent the west, autumn, gold, lungs and so on. The original meaning is: "white color.
13, yellow hieroglyphics. The bronze inscription is grasshopper-shaped. The original meaning is "grasshopper", which is often called "yellow". Shuowen: "Yellow is also the color of the earth." On Fu Hao: "Yellow is earthy, and it is located in.
14, brown pictophonetic characters. Judging from the clothes, it's loud. Shuowen: "Brown, braided socks." (hemp: coarse linen. ) The original meaning is "socks made of coarse cloth". Later it means "yellow and black", such as Bai Juyi's "three-in-one ceremony"
15, gray means "from the hand, from the fire", indicating that the fire has been extinguished and can be taken by hand. Shuowen: "Ash, embers of dead fire" originally refers to "fire ash" and later refers to "ash", a mixed color of white and black.
16, pictophonetic word "crimson". Sounds like pronunciation. Said: "crimson, big red also." The original meaning is "big red" and Guangya: "crimson". The silks of the nine flags are all crimson. ..
17, purple phonetic alphabet. In terms of charm, this voice. Shuowen: "Purple, black and red." The original meaning is "purple", that is, "the color composed of blue and red". Later, it often refers to "purple", such as "The Analects of Confucius and the Rural Party": "Red and purple are not taboo.
18, Tong Hui knows Chinese characters. Li Dan, Li Dan is vermilion. Dan means decoration. The original meaning is "color decoration". Shuowen: "Tong, Dan ornaments also." Xunzi's sketch: "The princes pass the bow." (Press: Dan Lacquer)
19, the word "green" means "green". The following is the word "Dan", which is a variant of the word "Jing". "Qing" is one of the radicals of Chinese characters. Shuowen: "Green is also oriental." Its original meaning is "blue". For example, Xunzi advised to learn: "Blue is blue, blue is blue." Also used to refer to "dark green", such as Liu Yuxi.
20. Bi pictophonetic characters. Yu Cong, Congshi, Bai Sheng. Shuowen: "Bi, Mei" originally meant "turquoise jade". Later, it means "turquoise", such as Peacock Flying Southeast: "blue-green rope", and it also means "blue-white, light green", such as Jiang Yan's.
2 1, Cang (Cang) pictophonetic characters. From the voice of Cang, Shuo Wen: "Cang, grass color is also." The original meaning is "grass color". Guangya: "Cang, Qing also." Later, it was extended to "dark green" or "deep blue", such as Zhuangzi. Li Bai's "Lu Shan Ge Yu Shi Lu Xuzhou": "And moss buries the foot of thanks." There is also the meaning of "ash", and Bai Juyi's "Selling Charcoal Weng": "The face is full of dust and fireworks, and the ash on the temples means black.
1, the difference between "crimson, scarlet, red, red, red"
The five words "crimson, scarlet, red, red and red" all represent red, and they are arranged in different degrees from deep to shallow. The degree of "crimson" is the deepest, and Shuowen originally meant "crimson". The degree of "Zhu" is the second, and Shuowen is "Zhu, red heart". Later it means "red, red". The degree of "red" is the shallowest. Shuowen: "Red, silk is red and white." Its original meaning is "pink", and there is no difference between "red" and "red".
2. The difference between "green, pale, blue, green and blue"
The five words "cyan, pale, cyan, cyan and blue" are adjectives in modern Chinese, indicating colors, but they are different in ancient Chinese. "Green" means blue in ancient and modern times. The original meaning of "Cang" means "grass color", which means "deep blue" or "dark green", while the original meaning of "blue" means that grass is also called green grass, and moss is also called moss. The meanings of "green" and "cyan" are very different and rarely confused. In ancient Chinese, "blue" only means "Liaolan", which is a noun and later means "blue".