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Kanji Fun Talk: Or
"or" (huo4), which is a synaesthetic word. The "or" character of the oracle bone has many different ways of writing, the basic symbols of the word are "囗" and "Ge", "囗" means "city, settlement, Fangguo, ethnic group" and other targets, and "Ge" means "weapons, soldiers, armed forces". The two forms of the Society intend to use armed forces to guard their "cities", "fangguo", and "ethnic groups".
In ancient times, there were often wars between Fang Guo and Fang Guo, between ethnic groups, to fight for territory, rob property, to the other side to rob women and launch wars, war has almost become an indispensable content in life, therefore, only arm themselves, only with "Ge" can it be possible to guard their own things.
The word "or" in the golden text is left by adding a short horizontal line above and below the "mouth" to indicate this area, and the right is "Ge", which means to guard this area with armed forces. The small seal inherits the golden glyph, and after the change, it is written as "or".
The original meaning of "or" is to guard the area with arms. The text is explained: "Or, Bang also." The He Zun inscription reads: "Yu Qizhai Zhongzhong or." It means: to build a political center here (Dayi Shang) and to govern China from here. ("He Zun" is a 1963 inscription in Jiacun Town, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, with an inscription of 122 characters, which contains the content of King Wu's decision to build Luoyi during his reign: "King Weiwu is both a Merchant of Dayi, then the court sues Yu Tian, yue: Yu Qizhai Zhong, Zi Zi (yi4) people.") This is the first time that the word "China" appears in the cultural relics unearthed on the mainland, and its significance is very significant. )
"Or" also means borders, borders. Mao Gongding inscription: "Kang Neng IV or (domain). (To the surrounding princely states. )
The meaning of "or" is changed under the guise of a pronoun to indicate that there are (people, things, things, etc.). The Analects. For the government": "Or Confucius said: 'Zi Xi is not for the government?' ‘"
"or" is used as an adverb to indicate perhaps. Li Bai's "Sleepwalking in Heaven and Leaving Farewell": "The Yue people speak Heavenly Grandmother, and the clouds and xia are clear or can be seen." "
"or" is used as a mood word, often used to reinforce the negative tone in negative sentences. Mencius. Teng Wen Gongshang:"Although the five-foot child is suitable for the city, mo or cheat." (Even if it was a five-foot-tall kid who went to the market to buy something, no one deceived him.) That is, it is commonly said that the sale is fair, and the child is not deceived. )