象、像、相三字,音同义近,容易混淆错用。 从字源上讲,“象”早于“像”“相”问世。殷墟出土的甲骨文里,就有“象”字,是象形字,造字本义就是象。《说文解字》说:“象者,南越大兽之名。”南越又称南粤,在今闽粤一带,当时这一带大象很多。“像”字是春秋时代才出现的,是形声字,从人象声。在“像”字出现之前,“像”这个概念 Like, like, with the word, the sound of nearly synonymous, easy to confuse the wrong use. Speaking from the source, “like” earlier than “like” “phase” come out. Inscriptions unearthed in Oracle, there are “elephant” is a pictograph, the word is the meaning of the original word. “Explain Word” said: “Elephant, the name of the great beast of South Vietnam.” South Vietnam, also known as the South Guangdong, Fujian and Guangdong in this area, when the area with a lot of elephants. “Image” is the word appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, is shaped sound, from the human voice. In the “like” before the word, “like” the concept