论汉字中的一形多本义现象

汉字发生阶段,一形多本义现象是汉字记录语言的客观需要和图画向文字演变的必然结果;汉字发展阶段,一形多本义现象表现为"形借"现象,"形借"又有纯粹借形和形音兼借两种现象的不同;汉字成熟阶段,一形多本义现象大多通过加区别符号、加声符、加意符、异体分化几种途径实现字形和词义的分化。

On Multi Original Meaning of a Chinese Character

This article discusses the multi original meaning of a Chinese character in terms of three phases:At the beginning phase,a character with multi original meaning was the objective demand to record language and the inevitable result of turning picture into character;at the developing phase,form loaning,including absolute loaning form and loaning both form and sound,was a common phenomenon of a character with multi original meaning;at the mature phase,a character with multi original meaning was realized via adding distinctive sign,adding sound sign,adding meaning sign and differentiation of the meaning and the form of characters.