Upload
haibiao-miao
View
383
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Lesson 04 Combined characters (1)
Compound ideographshuì yì zì
会 意 字
huì yì• Compound ideographs ( 会 意 – joined meaning) (also called “associative characters”) are one category of combined characters.
• In associative characters, two or more elements are combined to suggest a new meaning.
• The elements which form the combined characters are either pictographic or ideographic characters. They can also be symbols derived from the independent characters. Sometimes a combined character can also be used to be an element of a new character.
míng rì yuè
• The character 明 is consist of two pictographic characters “ 日” and “ 月 ” .
rì yuèBoth “ 日 ” (sun) and “ 月 ” (moon) shine and bring light. So the new
míng
character 明 , which is consist of the two pictographic characters means “bright”.
tǐ běn
• The character 体 has two parts: “ 亻” and “ 本 ” . “ 亻” is
rén the symbol derived from the pictogram “ 人 ” (person, people) , běnand “ 本 ” (root) is an ideographic character. So the new associative
tǐ character 体 means “the root of a person - body”.
jiā家 home,family
jià嫁 (woman) marry a man
cóng 从 to follow - from
lèi泪 tear
shuǐ水
jiǔ酒 wine
yáng阳 sunny side
yīn阴 shady side
• An important concept in traditional Chinese philosophy, esp. in Taoism.
• Describes opposite or contrary forces in the world. yáng: fire, sky, sun, masculinity and daytime…
yīn: water, earth, moon, femininity and nighttime…• The opposite forces are interconnected and interdependent with
each other
• lies at the origins of classical Chinese science and philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts.
Classic taoist Taijitu
阴 (yīn) and 阳 (yáng)
měi美 beautiful
kàn看 look
qù去 to go to, to leave for
bǐ笔 pen