構件 𠯑과 舌의 同形化에 의한 難識 形聲字 硏究

Abstract

This thesis is specifically about discovering the correlation in the process of changing the component parts of 𠯑 from ancient calligraphy style, adapted in the Qin Dynasty, to 舌 an angular style of writing Chinese characters. From this process, the character 舌 may look like the character 舌(seol) but they are not the same characters. Also, the characters that have 𠯑 and 舌(seol) as their root and their phonological relationship explains how 𠯑 could be used next to 舌’s character but they are totally different character. Chinese characters have evolved through different generations of oracle bone script, bronze script, ancient style of calligraphy (from Qin Dynasty), ornamental characters, square style characters, and other generation. Through this process, bone scripts and bronze scripts, ancient characters have changed the shape and the original meaning, which deepened the misrepresentation of the characters. One of the properties of the process from ancient style to angular style of Chinese characters is straightening the curved lines; this has caused many of the characters to look alike. The process of straightening curves of 𠯑 and 舌(seol) in manuscripts made the characters to look similar to each other, error caused by similarity. The change from ancient characters to angular style resulted in similarity in different characters, differentiation of same characters. These results may cause severe errors if one does not understand the original meaning of the characters’ limits. Therefore, it is important to correct the misinterpreted facts from the past exegetical studies.