士
【析形】象形字。金文字形像横放的斧钺之形,斧钺古代属于刑具,也是军事力量的象征物,古文字“王”、“士”二字均借斧钺之形来表示。小篆字形把表示钺形的粗笔写成一横,初形遂不显。
【释义】“士”在古书中常表示成年男子,也指统治阶级中最底的阶层,居天子、诸侯、大夫之后。又指文士,读书人,是古代所谓“四民”(士农工商)之一,如[礼贤下士]。也指武士,勇武的人。还指狱官。
【shape analysis】It is the pictograph character.In Bronze inscriptions it has a shape of a horizontal axe,axe was a kind of instrument of torture as well as a symbol of military power in ancient times.
【original meaning】It usually means an adult man in ancien ...... (共482字) [阅读本文]>>