Through examining"(華)"and related characters in unearthed documents,this paper holds that"(華)"should be analyzed as significative symbol niu(牛)and phonetic symbol yang(羊).Oracle Bone Inscriptions are used to record red cattle.Then the meaning of red is derived.There is no necessary connection between the pronunciation of"(華)"and"xin(辛)".The misidentification of phonics caused by the confusion of glyphs between"(華)"and"xin(辛)".According to this,we think that the"(詳)dao(道)"of Zhongshan King Ding can be read as yangdao(养导).
关键词
(華)/赤色/误定声符/觲/骍
Key words
(華)/red/misidentification of phonics/xing(觲)/xing(骍)
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