拆解中文字

Ten Woods, Ten Stories

是樹的形狀，有樹幹，有枝條，有根部。兩個木組成，更多的木便成。狩獵者在林中放火把野獸趕出來便是。

分成半邊，左是， 代表力量；右是，代表木塊。加，便是。將轉90度，便是床腳，便是床板了。

的重點放在頂端位置，是；在根部位置是；枝條重疊是。在中間 加一個圈是；加一點是。

人背靠樹旁便是。

樹上站著一隻短尾鳥，便是，原指過夜，當很多鳥 不約而同的在樹上過夜，便有集合的意思。 樹上倒吊一隻鳥便是， 這是偷東西者的下場。很多鳥張開口在樹上叫，便是。

樹上有三枝帶葉的枝條，是； 有三枝帶果的枝條，是。在葉上加只手，便是。 強化樹上的葉片便是。

Shape of a tree.  The character is divided into three parts.  The central straight line represents the tree trunk.  「一」is 「branches」.  「八」 are the roots.

One tree does not make a 「wood」.  That』s why there are two trees in this character.

Add another tree to the wood makes a 「forest」, indicating that there are naturally more trees in a forest than in a wood.

Add a dot to the root of a tree, extending to such meanings of 「fundamental」 or  「foundation」 or 「basic」.

Add a dot to the treetop, refers to the 「tip」 or the 「end」.

There are two definitions.  One is that the new 「一」repeated the original "一", refers to overlapping branches, interpreted as bushy.  The other one is to add short branch on the top of the original branch, interpreted as 「yet to grow」

Its ancient character is formed by adding either a dot or a stroke in the centre of the tree 」木」.  「Red」 pigment is obtained inside the tree.

Its ancient character looks like a bundle of sticks tied with a rope.  "口" refers to the loop around the sticks.

「人」is 「people」,  People leaning against a tree becomes "休" which means rest.   The posture looks comfy, doesn』t it?

There are three 「mouths」 on the 「tree」, representing many birds on the tree opening their mouths to chirp and make noise.  The character we use nowadays looks like this 「噪」, gets one more mouth than the ancient character」喿」.  Does that mean we had quieter times in ancient days than what we have now?

參考字形:小學中文科常用字研究

Reference:  「A Study of the Chinese Characters Recommended for Chinese Language in Primary Schools」

*translated by Mary Chung

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