关于汉语字词关系的再思考

要解决汉语的字词关系问题，必须尊重语言字的发展事实：汉字的表意性使汉字一度以强烈的视觉意象在一定程度上占据了汉语言说的心理空间，但汉字在一定时期内表现出来的特性无法与整个汉语词的发展历程相对应。汉字记录汉语的实际情况说明，字词并非全然对应。汉语字词关系的深层线索在于意义，字的研究不能替代语言研究。

Reflections on the Relationship Between Chinese Characters and Words

We must consider the facts if we want to research the relationship between Chinese characters and words: As a kind of ideograph, Chinese character gives the speaker very strong visual image and take its position in our mind, but it can not extend to the whole development of Chinese words; Chinese characters do not correspond absolutely to words; meaning is the profound clue between them; the research of characters can not take place of the research of words.