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The Literal Sense of Chinese Character "Xiang(相)" and It's Change

LI Chuan-xu

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The wrong explanation of the word 相 in Origin of Chinese Character is corrected in this article and the relationship between the original meaning and extended meaning of the word 相 has been clarified.The literal sense of 相 actually means walking stick for the blind instead of to see trees with one's eyes.The extended meaning of 相 is aiding which is derived from the original meaning of walking stick for the blind.In this case,相 is generall pronounced as xianɡ.When used as adverb,相 is pronounced as xiānɡ and it has four usages.

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The wrong explanation of the word 相 in Origin of Chinese Character is corrected in this article and the relationship between the original meaning and extended meaning of the word 相 has been clarified.The literal sense of 相 actually means walking stick for the blind instead of to see trees with one's eyes.The extended meaning of 相 is aiding which is derived from the original meaning of walking stick for the blind.In this case,相 is generall pronounced as xianɡ.When used as adverb,相 is pronounced as xiānɡ and it has four usages.

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The wrong explanation of the word 相 in Origin of Chinese Character is corrected in this article and the relationship between the original meaning and extended meaning of the word 相 has been clarified.The literal sense of 相 actually means walking stick for the blind instead of to see trees with one's eyes.The extended meaning of 相 is aiding which is derived from the original meaning of walking stick for the blind.In this case,相 is generall pronounced as xianɡ.When used as adverb,相 is pronounced as xiānɡ and it has four usages.

Key concepts: Meaning (existential), Adverb, Character (mathematics), Literal (mathematical logic), Linguistics, Original meaning, Word (group theory), Psychology

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