春秋文字发展演变的初步考察

据目前所见出土古文字材料,春秋时期新造汉字593个,汉字系统进一步趋向完善和稳定,表意构件系统已比较成熟。汉字构形方式系统进一步调整与优化,表意类构形方式的功能趋向更加衰弱,形声构形方式的优势地位继续加强。汉字字形演变存在省简、增繁、替换和讹变等多种形式,有少数字形经变异后成为定型而进入文字系统传承,不过大多数汉字形体结构相对稳定。汉字的发展演变既表现为时代性的演进,同时又开始形成地域性风格特征。

A Preliminary Survey of the Evolution of Chinese Characters During the Period of Spring and Autumn

According to the unearthed materials,593 new characters were created in the period of Spring and Autumn.The Chinese characters were increasingly perfect and stable,and the notional parts are relatively mature.The adjustment and optimization of the configuration has resulted in the weakening of the notional configuration while the strengthening of the pictophonetic configuration.The configuration of the Chinese characters has experienced addition,simplification,substitution and corruption.A few configurations have entered into the character system as the heritage.However,most of the configurations are stable.During this time,the evolution of the characters took on both features of the era but also the geographic characteristics.