甲骨文双语小学堂(了不起的甲骨文)
日期:12-25

甲骨文“教”从攴(pū)、从爻、从子。“攴”像手持教鞭训教之形,爻是声符(或以为是学习的内容,像算筹之形),子是教育的对象。本义是教育。字形有时会省略“子”这一部件。卜辞中用作人名和地名。
TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“教”(jiào)consistsofthecomponents“攴”,“爻”,and“子”.Inthescript,“攴”resemblesapersonholdingateachingstick,symbolizinginstruction.The“爻”functionsasaphoneticcomponent.Someinterpretationssuggestthatitmayalsorepresentthecontentoflearning,resemblingtheshapeofcountingrods.The“子”componentrepresentsthelearnerortherecipientofeducation.Theoriginalmeaningof“教”is“toeducate”or“education”.Occasionally,the“子”componentisomitted.Inoracleboneinscriptions,“教”isalsousedasapersonalnameorplacename.
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