趣话汉字“燕”是象形字。甲骨文像一种翅膀尖尖、尾巴呈剪刀形状的候鸟。篆文和甲骨文很像,只是“尾巴”写来写去变成了“火”字。到了楷书的时候,人们为了写起来更方便,又将篆文的“鸟尾”简化成了四个点。燕子是一种喜欢在民居筑巢的候鸟,秋天去南方,春天回到北方,十分受人喜爱。 Chinese characters “Yan” is a pictograph. Oracle is like a migratory bird with sharp-pointed wings and tail-shaped scissors. Zhuanwen and Oracle are like, but “tail” to write to become a “fire” word. At the time of regular script, people simplified it into four points in order to write it more conveniently. Swallows are migratory birds who like to nest in houses. They fall in the south in autumn and return to the north in spring. They are very popular.