The Classification of Sound Symbol Phonetic Function of Picto-phonetic Characters inBasic Character Table for Literacy and Writing Teaching
Picto-phonetic characters are the most important structural types of Chinese characters.There are 123 picto-phonetic characters based on traditional characters identified in Basic Character Table for Literacy and Writing Teaching.Among them,there are 84 cases in which phonetics still have the function of phonetic expression in modern standard Chinese characters.With the evolution of phonetics and the change of Chinese character shape,there are 39 cases in which phonetics have lost their phonetic function.From a diachronic perspective,examine the changes in the shape of these picto-phonetic characters,and conduct inductive statistics and systematic analysis from a synchronic perspective.It will help us to deeply understand the basic laws of Chinese character formation,and improve the literacy teaching ability of primary and secondary school Chinese teachers and normal university students.
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