商代金文字频分级的初步研究

以2009年底已公开发表的商代金文材料为限,商代金文可归纳出字头1343个,可释单字569字。其中,常用字即出现频率在10次及其以上的单字计203字,次常用字即出现频率在2次及其以上至10次的单字计515字,罕见字即出现频率为1次的单字计625字。＂父＂的出现频率最高,过千次。＂亚＂的出现频率仅次于＂父＂。商代金文高频字中无虚词、动词、数词,全为名词,主要是天干和亲属称谓用字。

On The Frequency Classification of the Inscriptions on Bronze of Shang Dynasty

Up till the end of 2009,we conclude that the number of characters on bronzes of Shang Dynasty is 1343,and 569 of which can be explained by present-day words.The number of the frequent characters which have more than 10 frequency is 203.The number of those less frequently used characters which have more than 2 frequency and less than 10 is 515.The number of the infrequent characters which only have 1 frequency is 625.Among them,the most frequent character is 父,which exceeds thousand.The next one was 亚.In the high-frequency characters,there are no function words,verbs and numbers.All of them are nouns,such as the ten heavenly stems,the twelve rarthly branches and the appellation of relatives.