Title: The Characters with Dual Pictographic Elements and Characters with Dual Phonetic Elements in the Inscription on Stele in Han Wei and Six Dynasties
Abstract: The characters with dual pictographic elements and characters with dual phonetic elements in the inscription on stele in Han Wei and Six Dynasties are the inevitable outcome in the course of development of Chinese character,which include diachronic inherited characters and synchronic coined characters. The comparative study shows that the character with dual pictographic elements is an important type of Chinese pictophonetic character and it is in different historical levels,reflecting the priority of indicating a general category of meaning in Chinese pictographic character. The character with dual phonetic elements is the representation of chinese characters indicating sound and the outcome of character change. The study contributes to enriching the theory of Chinese character structure,discussing the structure reason of Chinese character form,textual research and explaining ancient characters. It has the theoritical significance and practical value to do the textual research and explain the ancient Chinese characters and variant form of a Chinese character.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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