Tracing the significance of the twelve branches;
Zigzag, like a baby. Original meaning of word creation: noun, wrapped in swaddling clothes, waving two arms, but not yet independent.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Words are among the twelve branches of the earth, and words represent November. The sun is the spirit and everything breeds.
The word "ugly" is the first word in the hand. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Ugly, twist the button with your fingers. Among the twelve earthly branches, "ugliness" represents the December of the lunar calendar, and everything is budding and ready to go.
"Yin" and "Huang" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions have the same origin, and then they are different. Huang, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, means that the arrow shaft passes through it, which is the bull's eye of the target used to practice archery.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Yin, abandon xenophobia. Yin represents the first month. At this time, the sun be the spirit started, leaving the catacombs and trying to surface, but the yin on the ground was still very strong and covered like a roof, so that the sun be the spirit could not reach the ground.
"Mao" is the original word for "riveting" Mao, like a double-headed nail nailed to the left and right door panels. The single-headed nail is "D" and the double-headed nail is "M".
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Mao, the spirit of the sun comes out of the ground. The "Mao" in the earthly branch represents the February of the lunar calendar, when everything emerges from the ground and germinates.
"Morning" is the original word of "morning" and "vibration". Among the twelve earthly branches, "Chen" represents the third month of the lunar calendar. In March, the spirit of the sun has been activated, and lightning shakes the sky, which is the season when people are busy with agriculture. At this time, everything is long, so the glyph adopts the meaning of "B" and "Bi", stretching like grass; Use the word "factory" as the sound side.
Third, the original meaning of coinage: noun, new life. Shuowen Jiezi: thinking, already. Among the twelve earthly branches, "four" stands for April, and everything is colorful, forming many colors and patterns, so "four" stands for snakes, which look like snakes.
The word "noon", Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen are all like gavels. Original meaning of word-making: noun, rice stick with horizontal knot. When the original meanings of "Wu" and "pestle" disappeared, seal script was replaced by "Mu" and "pestle".
"Shuo Wen Jie Zi": noon, anti. In the earthly branch, "noon" stands for May.
"No" and "overlapping branches" mean lush foliage. Original meaning of word-making: verb, Zhengmao Ye, fruit branch in summer, which has not yet borne fruit.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi:? No, it's "taste". June is the most delicious time. The glyph looks like branches and leaves overlapping on a tree.
"God" is the original words of "electricity" and "God". Original meaning of word creation: noun, lightning in rainy days.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: God. In the earthly branch, "Shen" stands for July. When the Yin Qi in the sky is formed, its posture stretches and closes itself.
The "unitary" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like a wine jar. Original meaning of word formation: noun, wine brewed in vats.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Unitary, producing wine. Unitary stands for August, when millet is ripe and can be brewed into alcohol.
Original meaning of word formation: noun, tomahawk. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Yi and Xiao. In the earthly branch, "Xu" stands for September.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Sea, Grass Roots. "Hai" in the earthly branch represents October. The word "two" is the edge of the glyph, and "two" is the word "Shang" in ancient China characters. The two "people" at the bottom of the word indicate that one is a man and the other is a woman. Adding a piece of wood is the core, and the core is the seed in the eyes of China people. What a happy ending!