To learn phonology, we must first analyze the pronunciation of Chinese characters and understand the structural characteristics of Chinese phonology.
In the Indo-European language family that uses Pinyin, phonemes are generally used as the analysis unit to analyze speech.
The phonetic analysis of Chinese characters is based on syllables.
The traditional phonological method to analyze the pronunciation of words generally divides each syllable into two parts: the first part is called "sound" and the second part is called "rhyme", and there is another very important thing that runs through the whole syllable, that is, pitch, that is, tone. The sound of a word can generally be analyzed into three parts: initial, vowel and tone.
In phonology, the rhyme head is also called the middle tone, the rhyme belly is also called the main vowel, and the rhyme end refers to the sound.
Section 2 Back Cutting
"Backcut" is a phonetic notation method; It is to use two Chinese characters to mark the pronunciation of another Chinese character, and it is also an analysis of the phonetic structure of ancient Chinese characters, which has been scientifically recognized.
The basic principle of anti-tangent: the upper word takes the sound and the lower word takes the rhyme? , tune.