"Du" is a standard secondary word in modern Chinese. The pronunciation of "Du" in Putonghua was first seen in Qin bamboo slips and belongs to pictophonetic characters. The basic meaning of dou is Kong and Dou, which was first found in Qin bamboo slips. Later, in Shuowen, it was found that the simplified Chinese characters of dou characters evolved from Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty.
Mao is a standard secondary word in modern Chinese, which is pronounced in Putonghua and first appeared in Shuowen. The basic meaning of hair is bad and coarse, such as bad and defeated; The extended meaning is laziness, such as laziness. It was first seen in Shuowen, and the simplified version of Chinese regular script evolved from Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty.
Evolution of Chinese characters:
1, Oracle Bone Inscriptions
Oracle Bone Inscriptions is an ancient script in China, also known as Wen Qi, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Yin Ruins or tortoise shell and animal bones. The earliest mature Chinese characters we can see mainly refer to the characters carved on tortoise shells or animal bones by the royal family in China in the late Shang Dynasty, which is a carrier of the earliest systematic Shang Dynasty characters known in China and East Asia.
2. Jinwen
Bronze inscription is a calligraphy name of Chinese characters, which refers to the inscriptions cast on bronzes in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, also called Zhong Dingwen. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the era of bronzes. The ritual vessels of bronzes are represented by Ding, and the musical instruments are represented by bells. Zhong Ding is synonymous with bronze ware.
3. Xiao zhuan
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries (22 BC1year), the policy of "one script, one train, unified measurement" was implemented, and Prime Minister Lisi was in charge. On the basis of the original seal script used by Qin, he simplified it and created a unified writing form of Chinese characters. Popular from the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Western Han Dynasty (about 8 AD), it was gradually replaced by official script.
4. Official script
Lishu is a font of Chinese characters, including Qin Li and Han Li. It is generally believed that it is developed from seal script, with wide and flat font, long horizontal painting and short vertical painting, and pays attention to the swallowtail of silkworm head, which is tortuous and changeable. According to the unearthed bamboo slips, official script originated in Qin Dynasty, and Cheng Miao was also called official script. Han Li reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, inherited the tradition of seal script and started the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which had a great influence on later calligraphy.