The meaning of Jing: The original meaning refers to the name of a shrub; later it is extended to refer to the punishment staff; it also refers to the surname.
Jing (pronounced jīng) is a general standard first-level character (commonly used character) in Chinese characters. This character first appeared in bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. "Jing" is a knowing word. The early gold glyph of "Jing" has a human figure on the right and two "X"s on the lower left, which represent a kind of thorn. The whole glyph picture shows that the thorns of Jing pierce into people's hands and feet.
In the later period of bronze inscriptions, the character "well" was added to the glyph to indicate that this kind of thorn grows in the fields and farmers are easily injured when working in the fields. The shape of Qin seal characters has changed again based on the bronze inscriptions, adding the word "艸", which means that these thorns grow like grass and trees in the fields, so be careful. The shape of the Chinese character "Li" changed again, turning the person into a "knife" shape, which became the character "Jing". Until it developed into modern Chinese.
The word Jing is Congqi, the sound of punishment. "Shuowen Jiezi" says "Jing, Chu. Wood." The original meaning refers to the name of a shrub. This shrub is suitable for basket weaving and basket making. In ancient times, it was often used to make punishment sticks, so it was later extended to the meaning of punishment sticks. "Jing" can also be used to make hairpins. In ancient times, women could not afford gold and silver hairpins, so they could only use thorns as hairpins. Therefore, the word "Jing" later appeared as a modest name for a wife.
The importance of learning Chinese characters:
1. Children are the future of China. As descendants of Yan and Huang, they have the responsibility to inherit and carry forward China's traditional culture and Chinese characters. Writing Chinese characters well is a historical responsibility for Chinese people to inherit and carry forward my country's excellent traditional culture. It also helps to cultivate sentiment, improve cultivation and develop the ability to think in images.
2. Chinese characters are an important tool to promote the exchange of ideas and information among people. The accurate, neat, clear and beautiful writing of Chinese characters can not only refresh people and cause spiritual pleasure, but also bring people the enjoyment of beauty and arouse people's positive and enterprising spirit.
3. Learning Chinese characters well is helpful for language learning. Character teaching helps students understand the meaning of Chinese characters and trains students' thinking ability; at the same time, it also helps students understand the meaning of words or sentences and the meaning of articles.
4. Writing is both a practical technology and a humanistic quality. Good handwriting can gain favor and win praise. Writing beautiful Chinese characters is not only a kind of culture, but also a kind of civilization.
5. Calligraphy is a unique art in my country with a long history and is the pride of the Chinese nation. The process of practicing calligraphy is a process of cultivating sentiments, cultivating aesthetic ability, and improving cultural accomplishment. This is also irreplaceable for computer typing.