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汉字的秘密(漢字的秘密)The secret , by Jill

徐老师教老外学汉字,总是先讲“日、月、明、艹、萌”五个字。

  • Traditional: 徐老師教老外學漢字,總是先講“日、月、明、艹、萌”五個字。
  • PinYin: xú lǎoshī jiāo lǎowài xué hànzì,zǒngshì xiān jiǎng "rì,yuè,míng,ǎo,méng" wǔ gè zì。
  • English: Teacher Xu teaches the foreigners to study Chinese characters, as usual starting with “日, 月, 明, 艹, 萌”。

日rì 古字是日 ,表示太阳,有人说圆圈里的点是太阳黑子。古人有这么聪明吗?汉字演化,“日”写成长方形,里面的点就成了“-”。日字的读音像飞速旋转的物体,为什么会这样?

  • Traditional: 日rì 古字是日 ,表示太陽,有人說圓圈裡的點是太陽黑子。古人有這麼聰明嗎?漢字演化,“日”寫成長方形,裡面的點就成了“-”。日字的讀音像飛速旋轉的物體,為什麼會這樣?
  • PinYin: rì gǔ zì shì rì,biǎoshì tàiyáng,yǒu rén shuō yuánquān lǐ de diǎn shì tàiyáng hēi zǐ。 gǔ rén yǒu zhème cōngmíng ma? hànzì yǎnhuà,"rì" xiě chéngzhǎng fāng xíng,lǐmiàn de diǎn jiù chéng le “-”。rì zì de dúyīn xiàng fēisù xuánzhuǎn de wùtǐ,wèishénme huì zhèyàng?
  • English: The ancient character 日 resembles the sun。 Someone said that the dot is sunspot. Are the ancestors so clever? As the character evolved, “日” became a rectangle with the dot inside written as “一”. Pronunciation of 日 is like the sound of rotating things produced. Why? 

月yuè 像月亮弯弯的样子,古人是这样月的,像半个月亮。

  • Traditional: 月yuè 像月亮彎彎的樣子,古人是這樣月的,像半個月亮。
  • PinYin: yuè xiàng yuèliang wān wān de yàngzi,gǔ rén shì zhèyàng yuè de,xiàng bàn gè yuèliang。
  • English: The ancient 月 looks like a crescent at night.

明míng: 日+月=明。  太阳是人类看到的最大发光体,月亮反射日光夜里明亮,所以,“日+月”为“明”,光guāng明、明亮liàng的“明”。天明指早晨天亮时,明字读音正像天亮时鸟儿“鸣、鸣”叫声,“明”“鸣”音同。

  • Traditional: 明míng: 日+月=明。 太陽是人類看到的最大發光體,月亮反射日光夜裡明亮,所以,“日+月”為“明”,光guāng明、明亮liàng的“明”。天明指早晨天亮時,明字讀音正像天亮時鳥兒“鳴、鳴”叫聲,“明”“鳴”音同。
  • PinYin: míng: rì + yuè = míng。 tàiyáng shì rénlèi kāndào de zuì dà fāguāng tǐ,yuèliang fǎnshè rì guāng yè lǐ míngliàng,suǒyǐ,"rì + yuè" wéi "míng" guāng míng,míngliàng de "míng"。 tiān míng zhǐ zǎochen tiānliàng shí,míng zì dúyīn zhèng xiàng tiānliàng shí niǎo ér "míng","míng" jiào shēng,"míng" "míng" yīn tóng
  • English: The sun and moon bring brightness to people. 明 and 鸣 mean ‘bright’. 光明 sunshine 明亮 brightness 天明 refer dawn. “明”, like the bird cry at dawn.

艹 cǎo zì tóu 两棵小草的样子,古字为艸,读音像人走在厚厚的草上发出的声音。艹表示草木一类植物,现在只作构字部件,叫草字头儿。

  • Traditional: 艹 cǎo zì tóu 兩棵小草的樣子,古字為艸,讀音像人走在厚厚的草上發出的聲音。艹表示草木一類植物,現在只作構字部分,叫草字頭。
  • PinYin: ǎo cǎo zì tóu liǎng kē xiǎo cǎo de yàngzi,gǔ zì wéi cǎo,dúyīn xiàng rén zǒu zài hòu hòu de cǎo shàng fāchū de shēngyīn。 ǎo biǎoshì cǎo mù yī lèi zhíwù,xiànzài zhǐ zuò gòu zì bù jiàn,jiào cǎo zì tóu ér。
  • English: 艹 ancient character represents the grass. Pronunciation “cǎo” like the sound of People walking on the thick grass. Characters with the radical 艹 mostly relate to herbs。 艹 is always  placed at the top.

萌 艹+明=萌 小草从地下长出见到光明,叫发芽,即萌芽。“明”与“萌”读音相近,就是说,萌字以艹表示意义,以“明”表示读音兼意义。

  • Traditional: 萌 艹+明=萌 小草從地下長出見到光明,叫發芽,即萌芽。“明”與“萌”讀音相近,就是說,萌字以艹表示意義,以“明”表示讀音兼意義。
  • PinYin: méng ǎo + míng = méng xiǎo cǎo cóng dìxià zhǎng chū jiàn dào guāngmíng,jiào fāyá,jí méngyá。 "míng" yǔ "méng" dúyīn xiāng jìn,jiùshì shuō,méng zì yǐ ǎo biǎoshì yìyì,yǐ "míng" biǎoshì dúyīn jiān yìyì。
  • English: The grass grows up from the earth,the sun shines on the grass,called sprout. The pronunciation of “明” and “萌” are similar, that is to say,艹 is semantic,明 is phonetic and semantic.

"噢,汉字原来是不同部件组合的”,说对了。你知道汉字的一些秘密,也明白徐老师为什么先教这5个字了,那就跟着徐老师继续学习吧。

  • Traditional: "噢,漢字原來是不同部分組合的”,說對了。你知道漢字的一些秘密,也明白徐老師為什麼先教這5個字了,那就跟著徐老師繼續學習吧。
  • PinYin: "ō,hànzì yuánlái shì bùtóng bù jiàn zǔhé de",shuō duì le。 nǐ zhīdào hànzì de yīxiē mìmì,yě míngbai xú lǎoshī wèishénme xiān jiāo zhè wǔ gè zì le,nà jiù gēn zhe xú lǎoshī jìxù xuéxí ba。
  • English: Oh! Chinese characters like this,different components make up characters. Yes,you know about some of Chinese characters secret. In that case, you understand why learn this five characters the first time. Let’s continue.