Month, hieroglyphics, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. Because the moon is round and round when it is short, compared with the "sun", when the ancients made words, the shape was like half a moon, meaning "moon". Later, I added a little in half a month. The inscriptions on bronze continued the pictographic features of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and the outline of the crescent moon began to change. The shape is slightly flat, thick and full of tension, with a small or short cross in the middle.
The small seal glyph continues the bronze inscription but changes, and gradually changes from pictographic to ideographic. On the basis of the continuation of Xiao Zhuan, the strokes of Lishu changed from circle to straight, the outline of the characters rotated, the fonts stood upright and basically fixed. There is no trace of crescent moon in shape and strokes.
Month, hieroglyphics. Its original meaning is the natural satellite of the earth, namely the moon. The ancients created the word "moon" according to the law of the moon's profit and loss, which is still in use today. "Moon" is sometimes confused with "night". Oracle Bone Inscriptions: "On the third day, there is food in the month." Is its original meaning. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Moon, que also. Yin essence. Pictographic. " "Ming Shi": "The moon is short and full."
Month also represents a unit of time, such as: month; It can also mean monthly, such as monthly salary; It can also mean round and shaped like the moon, such as moon cakes; At the same time, it refers to the time within one month after delivery, such as confinement.