Ming
Pinyin: [míng]
Radical: mouth, bird
Definition: 1. (bird, animal or insect) Call. 2. To make a sound; to make a sound. 3. Express; publish (emotions, opinions, opinions). 4. Surname.
Stroke order:
Stroke number: 8
Ming (Pinyin: míng) is a general standard first-level Chinese character. First seen in Oracle. The original meaning refers to the chirping of birds, and later it was extended to general sounds, and it was also used as a name for a person or a place.
Knowing words. Oracle bone inscriptions have appeared in the Shang Dynasty, from the mouth and from the bird. The word "mouth" and "bird" are both pictographic characters, and when these two components are combined, the meaning of the song will be heard. At that time, bird may be in the shape of a chicken, because the ancients regarded chicken as a bird, and bird may be in the shape of a falcon, because bird and falcon are the same thing, and the shape and sound (and tongue sound) are both similar, which is the differentiation of one word. In the Spring and Autumn Period, things gradually became unified, and the birds and roosters disappeared, leaving only the birds. During the Warring States Period, the mainstream structures were from the mouth and from the bird, while the non-mainstream structures were added with - above the mouth, or = below the mouth, next to the mouth, or added with the heart. "Shuowen" is the inheritance of the mainstream structure of the Warring States Period. After the official change, Zuoming was written in regular script and simplified by analogy. The original meaning is the chirping of birds, and later extended to refer to the general sound. Also used as a person's name or a place name.