通过对商周青铜匜与盉专名字形的排比可以揭示:字不是匜,而是盉的形象,该字与见于盉自名中的一类偏旁,都来自卜辞“注”字的简化。此类专名字形反映盉使用过程的两个突出特征:用单鋬形或“廾”旁表示液体的倾注;用声符“禾”旁或手持勺状物伸入“皿”口表示搅拌调和之意。此类字形出现远早于青铜匜,因此不宜被认作青铜匜的形象。 Through the Shang and Zhou Bronze 匜 and 盉 name of the rankings can be revealed: the word is not 匜, but the image of 该, the word and find themselves in a category of radical, all come from the inscription “note ” simplified . This type of proper name reflects two prominent features of the process: pouring a liquid next to a single or “廾”; inserting it next to a sound or “hand” "Mouth that stirring to reconcile the meaning. Such glyphs appear much earlier than bronze 匜, so they should not be considered the image of bronze 匜.