試論「育」字的形體來源

Discuss the Origin of the Chinese Character "Yu (育)" in Terms of Its Form and Structure

劉釗(Liu Zhao)

《中國文字》 總第九期 (2023/06) Pp. 1-20

摘要

「育」字的形體來源問題是一直沒有解決的老大難問題。以往或以為「育」為「毓」字之省，或以為「育」是「毓」字的另構，其實都是不合適的。通過對古文字大量字形的考察可知，漢代之前乃借「胄」為「育」，漢代開始從「胄」字中分化出「育」，「育」即「胄」字之變。

關鍵字

「育」字形體來源 ； 借「胄」為「育」 ； 「育」為「胄」之變

並列摘要

The origin of the character "Yu (育)" has been a long-standing and unsolved problem. In the past, it was thought that "Yu (育)" was a simplified form of the character "Yu (毓)", or that "Yu (育)" was another variant of "Yu (毓)". However, these assumptions are not appropriate. Through extensive investigations of ancient Chinese characters, it is known that before the Han Dynasty, "Yu (育)" borrowed the character "Zhou (胄)" as its graph. From the Han Dynasty onwards, "Yu (育)" gradually differentiated from the character "Zhou (胄)", and "Yu (育)" became a variant of the character "Zhou (胄)".

並列關鍵字

the origin of the character "Yu (育)" ； "Yu (育)" borrowed the character "Zhou (胄)" ； "Yu (育)" became a variant of the character "Zhou (胄)"