甲骨文双语小学堂(了不起的甲骨文)
日期:02-12

甲骨文“农”字从林、从森、从辰,像手持“辰”(蚌镰)这种农具耕于草木之中,表示耕作之意。卜辞用作神祇名、祭名、地名。六书中属于会意。
TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“农”(nóng)combinestheelements“林”(lín),“森”(sēn),and“辰”(chén),expressingthesenseofagriculture.Itvisuallydepictsafigureholdinga“辰”(chén),aclamshellsickle,whilecultivatingthelandamidstvegetation.Indivinatoryinscriptions,thischaracterwasusedasthenameofadeity,asacrificialterm,andaplacename.AccordingtotheSixCategoriesofChineseCharacters,itisclassifiedasanassociative-compoundcharacter.(文字翻译童林)