Ci (Pinyin: cí) is a common word in modern Chinese, which was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. A word is a knowing word, and its glyph consists of "disorder" indicating arrangement and "symplectic" indicating punishment. Its original meaning is litigation.
By extension, it is the words used in litigation. Then it is extended to general words and expressions, and also to a literary genre. In litigation, excuses are often made for innocence, so it can be extended to excuse. Furthermore, the lawsuit is to get rid of the charges, so the word has extended meanings such as refusal and resignation. This series of meanings, as well as the extended meanings of words and articles, have gradually become the common meanings of the word.
The variant of "Ci" comes from the traditional "Ci", and the left side of "Ci" is followed by "?" It is similar to the writing of "shou", so it is transformed into accepting Xin in Biography, and especially expresses the meaning of "refusal" and "refusal", which is different from the original meaning of "word".
The ancient sounds of "Si", "Ci" and "Tai" all belong to the "Zhi" department, so the word "Zi" is different from "Xin" and "Tai". Although "Zi" and "Tai" were rarely used after Qin Dynasty, they did not disappear until the Eastern Han Dynasty, when they were still used as variants of "Zi" and maintained their original configuration. When Chinese characters are simplified, both "Ti" and "Ti" are removed, and their meanings are borne by "Ci".