Shao, pinyin fén, is a common Chinese character, which was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. The burning ancient glyph is like a forest lighting a fire. Originally meant to burn trees or grass. In ancient times, burning trees was for hunting, which was extended to burning. The word "Shao" in Shuowenjiezi was changed to "Shao", and the prefix in Duan Yucai's Notes on Shuowenjiezi was changed to "Shao".
In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the upper part is the word "forest" and the lower part is fire, indicating that the forest is burning. Because in ancient Chinese characters, wood and brick, forest and brick (both brick and brick mean grass) can communicate frequently; Moreover, vegetation coexists in the mountains. When making a fire, grass is the easiest to catch fire, so some burning characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions are written in the form of setting fire to grass.
Idioms with burning words
1, Ointment: Ointment refers to grease and oil used for indicator lamps. It means daylight. Light oil lamps instead of sunlight. Describe working or studying day and night.
2, crash and burn: metaphor good and bad mutually assured destruction.
3. Play with fire and set yourself on fire: it is a metaphor for doing risky or harmful activities, and the final victim is yourself.
4, exhausted: metaphor does not leave room for things, only pay attention to immediate interests.
5, burning like a disaster: it means suffering from a fire disaster.
6, burning forest hunting: burning forest hunting animals. Metaphor only talks about short-term interests, regardless of long-term interests.
7. Burn incense and worship: burn incense and worship. Show respect and obedience.
8. Burn bones and raise ashes: burn corpses and scatter ashes. Describe extreme hatred.