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Kanji Fun Talk: 聝
"聝" (guo2), which is a ideographic character, the oracle bone "聝" character is a glyph of the left and right structure, the left is an "ear", the right is a "ge", the two shapes will mean cutting off the ears of the enemy and returning to repay the merits.
In ancient times, wars were frequent, when the scale of the war was small, or when the enemy leader was slaughtered, the victor would cut off the enemy's head and go back to ask for merit and reward, when the scale of the war was larger, and there were many slaughters of the enemy, the victor only cut off the head of the enemy general, and cut off the left ear of the rest of the enemy who was killed (this was already agreed), and the amount of the left ear was cut as evidence of the reward.
Some people think that the meaning of the word "聝" is that the ancient ancestors went out hunting, when hunting a large wild animal, one person could not carry it back, and asked his companions to carry it together, in order to prevent others from taking it, he cut off the left ear of the wild thing as a mark, indicating that this is a master's thing, and others cannot possess it. This may be a model of war. Zhou Li. Sima Da: "Suiren Hunting Field... The great beast is public, the small beast is private, and the one who obtains it takes the left ear. "
The Jinwen "聝" character of the Yin Shang Period inherits the mirror glyph of the oracle bone, the early and middle Zhou Dynasty Jinwen "聝" character is "shou" on the left, the right is "Ge", the late Zhou "聝" character, the left side resembles "claw", which is actually "and" (and: 須也, shou ye), and the right is "Ge".
During the Zhou Dynasty, the word "聝" was used to cut off the head and hang it on the ge. The small seal is written in two ways ( " 聝 " ) ( which are different from each other ) , indicating that the severed ears or head are strung together on the weapon. The character "聝" is not seen in the Hanli inscriptions, and it is written as "聝".
The original meaning of "聝" is to kill the enemy and cut off the left ear. The text is explained: "聝, the military battle broke the ear also." In Chinese characters, "take" means to cut off the left ear of a killed enemy, and "馘" (聝) also means to cut off the head or hairy scalp.
"聝" (xu4), meaning face. "Zhuangzi. Lie Yukou: "Huang Xiang Huang Yun." (The neck is withered and the face is yellow and the muscles are thin.) )