01/07/2026
漢字的優美,除了筆劃輕重之外,還有一層是「表意結構」,一個字往往由幾個各自帶著意義的部件組成,疊加出新的意思。
「洪」字繁體為例,左邊的三點水(氵)是「水」字的簡化變形,代表這個字與水有關,右邊的「共」除了表音之外,也隱含「眾多、匯聚」的意思。水多且聚集,便是「洪」。
Beyond the weight of the strokes, the beauty of Chinese characters holds another layer: semantic structure. A single character is often built from several components, each carrying its own meaning — layered together to form something new.
Take the traditional character 洪 (hóng) as an example. On the left, the three-dot water radical (氵) is a simplified form of 水 (“water”), marking the character’s connection to water. On the right, 共 (gòng) carries the phonetic sound, but also implies “abundance, convergence.” Water, plentiful and converging — this becomes 洪.