Lan Wang Decoding Chinese Characters 中文字族部首解码法

Lan Wang Decoding Chinese Characters 中文字族部首解码法 Lan Wang Decoding Chinese Characters 中文字族部首解码法 Decoding Group Characters The basic element of pictographs is the form or shape. The shape can be categorized, for example, there are mountains, rivers, wood, stones, soil, fields, gold, the sun, the moon, light, rain and fires in the nature. The head, hands, feet, ears, eyes, mouth, heart, brain, nose, flesh and bones etc are related to human body. In the animal world, we can see pig, ox, horse, sheep, dog, and deer etc and etc. These words are less related in other languages, but in Chinese, they are related and orderly combined. For example, the character “木” is used as the form or shape sign in many character groups. 1) Plant part: wood（木）, woods (林), forest (森), root (根), branch (枝), treetop (梢), leave (叶), stem (杆) and twig (条) etc. 2）Arbor: pine (松), cypress (柏), cedar (杉), poplar (杨), pagoda tree (槐), willow (柳), camphor (樟), sandelbaum (檀)， oak (栎), mulberry (桑), laurel (桂). 3）Fruit tree: peach (桃), plum (李), apricot (杏), tangerine (橘), orange (柑), mandarin (桔), persimmon (柿), pear (梨), fruit (果). 4) Wooden things: cupboard (柜), cabinet (橱), trunk (箱), grid (栅), doorsill (槛),fence (栏), desk (桌), chair (椅), shelf (架), ladder (梯) and oar (桨) etc. 5) Actions related to “木”: look (相), check (查), examine (检), verify (核), proofread (校), regular script (楷), 、横、extract (榨), dye (染) etc. Once this analysing method is grasped , it can be repeatedly used for recognising and identifying pictographs with less time spending and better effectiveness. Jingyan County Education Bureau of Sichuan Province used this kind of method to teach students Chinese characters, most year three students were proved to be equivalent to the year six students of traditional teaching method. The Ministry of Education once dispatched an officer to exmanine the teaching method, unfortunately it was not widely adopted. On 29th of March 1994, I wrote a poem “ZHE GU TIAN” to appraise Jingyan County’s pioneer work on group character study. (translated by Dr. Yinlong Li from the University of Melbourne) 汪 岚 2012年4月20日 ------ 字族部首解码法：象形文字的基本要素是“形”，形是可以分类的，例如：大自然有山、水、木、石、土、田、金、日、月、光、雨、火等；人体形态有头、手、足、耳、目、口、心、脑、鼻、皮、肉、骨等；动物有豕、牛、马、羊、犬、鹿、豸等等。这些分门别类的字词在外国语中相互很少关联，而在汉语中却呈现出许多互联的、有序的、有机的组合。例如一个木字，以它为形符的至少可以分出： ① 部位与形态：木、林、森、根、枝、梢、叶、杆、条等 ② 乔木：松、柏、杉、杨、槐、柳、樟、檀、栎、桑、桂等； ③ 果木：桃、李、杏、橘、柑、桔、柿、梨、果等； ④ 木制器物：柜、橱、箱、栅、槛、栏、桌、椅、架、梯、桨等； ⑤ 与木字相关的动作：相、查、检、核、校、楷、横、榨、染等。 只要掌握了字族部首解码法，解读汉字，就可以举一反三，甚至举一反十，收到事半功倍之效。四川省井研县教育局上世纪八十年代在该县采用这种方法教习汉字，大多读小学三年级的学生就能考过六年级的课程，教育部曾派人去考察，表示赞赏，可惜这种教学汉语的方法未能推广。1994年3月29日我曾填了一首“鹧鸪天”词盛赞井研倡导字族部首组合教学法：“汉字形声源流长，组成字族乃良方。井研教育集成册，开启智慧价难量。百十字，组一章，同音同义觅偏旁，六年课程三年竣，育得神州满园香”。 （墨尔本大学博士李龙吟译）