实物表意──文字的源头之一（上）陈建生谈到文字的起源，人们总少不了说“刻划”、“图画”，但还有一个重要的源头──实物表意──用赋予约定意义的各种实物或现象来帮助记忆或把信息传递到远处，却往往被忽视了。一、实物表意的例证不久前，美国得克萨斯大学的斯迈特... Physical Conversation ── One of the Sources of Characters (Part 1) Chen Jiansheng When talking about the origin of characters, people always say “sculpting” and “drawing”, but there is another important source ─ physical expression-- A variety of objects or phenomena to help memorize or transmit information to distant places are often overlooked. First, the physical embodiment of the idea Not long ago, the United States, Texas University, Smet ...