Zi (pinyin: zi) is a first-class Chinese character (commonly used). This word first appeared in the bronze inscriptions of Shang Dynasty, and its ancient glyph is like giving birth to a child in a house. The original meaning of "word" refers to having children, which is extended to raising and also to women's engagement.
In ancient times, pictographic characters were called "Wen", and the words bred on the basis of pictographic characters were called "Zi". Later collectively referred to as words, and extended to things written in words, such as fonts, calligraphy works, letters, notes and so on. "Zi" also refers to people's aliases, which is generally related to the meaning of the words used in names.
Understanding and pictophonetic characters. The word "Zi" did not exist in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, but it did exist in Shang Dynasty. The word "zi" in the inscriptions on Shang and Zhou Dynasties is the next word of Bao "mi". The "Zi" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like a baby; Mi, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like a house.
The structure of Chinese characters is to simulate the appearance of a child born in a house, from which seal script is produced. Although the strokes of official script and regular script have changed, the basic structure is still the same. Zi is represented by the combination of Zi and Mi, while Zi and Zi are similar in phonetics and also have phonetic meanings.
Detailed explanation
1, which means writing. The following text of Su Songshi's Letter to Ouyang Hui: a disguised hell can be carefully tasted, as if it were a supplement to the world and accepted in words.
2. Name or take a table. Don Li Shen's Song of Yingying: The green window girl is Yingying, and the broom is seventeen years old.
3. Text. Symbol of recording language. In the Southern Dynasties, Xie's "Wen Xin Diao Long Search": Pay the day, be lucky, and be poor; Staggered, lying, and the word is poor.
4. The form of Chinese characters refers to different forms of Chinese characters and also refers to the genre of calligraphy. Wei Heng Biography of the Book of Jin: In other words, what Cheng Miao set is also an official word.
5. Written materials such as letters and notes. Song Fan Chengda's poem "Give a Little Beam to a Play": Qiu Lai has the word "Acacia", which will be read before the wind.