“枪”和“抢”是汉语中的常用词,本文考察了这两个词的字形及其词义的衍变递嬗,指出“枪”最初似为一头削尖的木棍,可能是由象形字或会意字演变而为形声字。枪、抢在表“冲抵、碰撞”义上同义而构成古今字,“枪”指火枪等兵器后,其“冲抵、碰撞”义为“抢”所替代,“枪”与“抢”也渐分化为表“武器”义和表“抢先”“抢夺”义的两个词。 “Gun” and “Grab” are commonly used words in Chinese. This paper examines the evolution of the glyphs and their meanings of these two words, pointing out that the “gun” originally appeared as a sharpened wooden stick , May be formed by the evolution of pictograms or intelligible words. Gun, grab in the table “collision, collision ” synonymous with the meaning of the ancient and modern characters, “gun ” refers to the guns and other weapons, the “collision, ” The “gun” and “grab” also gradually divides into the two words “table of arms” meaning and table “preemptive ” “snatch ” meaning.