Explanation of movable type [type] A rectangular block usually made of metal, wood or plastic with raised letters on it. The words are printed after inking to explain in detail (1). A head used when printing books A square columnar object that is cast or engraved with a single reversed word or symbol and can be freely combined during typesetting. Invented by Bi Sheng from the Song Dynasty. Before the Qing Dynasty, they were made of clay, wood, tin, copper, lead and other materials. In modern times, they are commonly made of lead, antimony, and tin alloys. Ming Lu Shen's "Jin Tai Ji Wen": "Recently, Piling people use copper and lead as movable type, and they regard plate printing as particularly convenient." Cao Hongkui's "Movable Type Typesetting Technology" Chapter 1, Section 2: "So someone created a single character grain To arrange the printing plate, if there are typos, missing sentences, or multiple words, it is easy to change. This kind of single character is called movable type. "(2). Refers to the flexible use of characters. Ming Hu Yinglin's "Shaoshi Shanfang Bi Cong·Dan Yin Xinlu 4·Bi Luo": "Bi Luo's notes on cloud cultivation are used as movable type." According to legend, "Bi Luo" is a favorite of the Bi family and the Luo family of the ethnic minorities. It is a type of pasta with fillings (actually it is not), so "Biluo" is used to represent this kind of pasta, so it is a flexible use of the word (word). (3). Refers to words that are still in use. Lu Xun's "Collected Letters to Yao Ke": "In fact, looking for movable characters in ancient books is a lie. For example, when we open "Selected Works", how can we determine whether the characters are alive or dead? The so-called 'live' ones are nothing but ourselves. A word that can be understood at a glance. "The word "live" means living, living, and capable of growing, which is the opposite of "death": living person. *. Biopsy. Living things. To save people, to make them alive: there are countless people alive. In a living state: buried alive. Realistically: lifelike. Living image. Not fixed, movable, or in a state of intrusion: piston (乮). Live buckle. Loose leaf Explanation of words Word ì Symbols used to record language: words. Chinese character. character . letter. dictionary. words. Between the lines (俷). weigh every word. Different forms of writing, schools of calligraphy: cursive characters. Seal characters. The word Yan. Liu character. European character. The word Zhao. Calligraphy works: calligraphy and painting. Font size. The pronunciation of the word: Zi Zhengqiang