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【析形】会意字。小篆字形从又(手)持“十”,表示以手持杖,是杖的本字。隶书字形又旁与十旁笔画连写,初形不显。
【释义】《说文》:“十尺也。”本义是长度单位,十尺为一丈。用作动词指丈量。十尺一丈,为数之极。由此引申为对长辈男子的尊称,如老丈、岳丈。又表示成年男子,用来称呼关系亲近的成年男子,如丈夫、妹丈、姐丈。
【shape analysis】It is the associative character.In Small Seal script its meaningful part is又(手)(yòu,hand)catching the cross,which means holding the stick with the hand,it is the original character of杖.
【original meaning】The unit of length,ten尺is one 丈 ...... (共412字) [阅读本文]>>