Sheep is a common word in Chinese, which first appeared in Shang Dynasty. The ancient glyph is like a sheep's head with prominent horns, and its original meaning is cattle and sheep. Sheep are gentle in temperament, and the sacrifices and daily life of the ancients are closely related to sheep, which is often regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, so sheep are also auspicious in ancient Chinese characters.
Sheep is one of the radicals of Chinese characters, and some words with sheep as signifier have sheep names, such as antelope, lamb and mule. Some are related to sheep's personality, such as soup, shame, kindness and herd. Beast is a first-class word in the General Specification for Chinese Characters, which first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The original meaning of beast is hunting, that is, catching the activities of animals, which is used as a verb. Turning to the object of hunting, that is, wild animals, generally refers to hairy quadruped mammals, which is extended to barbarism.
Introduction of sheep characters
Sheep, Chinese characters and sheep characters all evolved from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and are hieroglyphics. There are two horns on it, similar to humans. The upper and lower two in the middle are its four corners, and the middle one is short and vertical, representing the animal's body. Afraid of future generations, I dare not worship the sheep-Mozi. Long live the auspicious sheep, and children and grandchildren value themselves-Wang Xiaoyuan Monument.
Another example: sheep jujube, the fruit name, commonly known as soft jujube, means auspicious and auspicious sheep. Ok, complete, I'll talk about it later. I hope that the King and his subordinate sheep can count on their words to think about the silk script of Mawangdui Han Tomb. In the book of rites, the sheep say that the book of rites is a small prison, and the wheat sheep eat the book of rites.