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Kanji Fun Talk: Cheng
"Cheng" (cheng2), originally a synaesthetic word. The "cheng" character of the oracle bone has two basic configurations, the first is a large plate axe with a long handle and wide mouth, the axe blade is straight, and there is a short vertical in the lower left, which means "ten" in the oracle bone, so it is believed that the ancestors had the concept of ten progress as early as thousands of years ago, the number began from "one" and ended "ten", and the "end" of the matter is "cheng". It is also believed that this short vertical represents other items, and an axe goes down to cut this thing down, indicating that it is complete.
The other is to write a short vertical in the first glyph as "mouth", which is a multi-purpose symbol in the oracle bone, which can mean "city, village, residence, target, head, mouth, cave", etc., which can be understood as the city has been conquered by a large army.
The "Cheng" character of the Jinwen, the handle of the large axe on the left is bent, and there is no short vertical under the glyph of the Jinwen in the middle of the Zhou Dynasty, and the glyph of the Spring and Autumn Period connects the short vertical and the plate axe below. Xiao Zhen distorted and wrote the whole character as the shape of "Pengli Zangding". Lishu continues the small seal glyph, and the "Ding" in the "E" character is written as a horizontal curved hook "𠃌", and the standard writing is "Cheng".
"Cheng" was originally a murderous weapon like an axe, and an axe cut off meant that the killing was completed. Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Book of Shu. Zhuge Liang's biography: The opportunity to become a loser lies in today. Extension means becoming, becoming. Etiquette. Xue Ji: "Jade is not thoughtful, not a tool." "
"Cheng" also means reconciliation and alliance in ancient times. "The Left Handbook. Eleven Years of Success": "Qin Jin became successful." It is said that the ancients, after signing a peace treaty or covenant, slaughtered living animals (cattle or other animals) as evidence, meaning that if any violator was killed like such a thing (cattle or other animals), a short vertical under the large axe represented what was slaughtered.
"Into" also means fixed, ready-made. The Book of Poetry. ZHOU Hao. Hao Tian has a destiny": "Hao Tian has a destiny, and the second queen receives it." (Heaven has long been given a clear decree, and King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou have been received.) )