甲骨文双语小学堂(了不起的甲骨文)
日期:08-05

甲骨文“学”字,上半部分左右两边是朝下的两只手的象形,中间是两根交错的算筹,与两边的“手”结合,表示教授算术之法;下半部分是一座房子的侧视图,代表场所,也有学者认为“房子”实际上是数字“六”。
TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacterxué(“学”,meaninglearning)consistsoftwosections.
Initsupperpart,pictographsoftwohandscurvedownwardsoneitherside,enclosingtwointersectingcountingrods.Combinedwiththehands,thismotifillustratestheteachingofarithmetic.
Thelowersectiondepictsasideprofileofabuilding,signifyingavenueforlearning.However,somescholarsholdtheviewthatthisshape,interpretedasa“building”,actuallystandsforthenumeralsix(“六”,liù).
(文字翻译李思瑶)