"New Shuo Wen Jie Zi" and the Explanation of Relationship Between Form and Meaning of Chinese Characters

Chinese characters are kind of meaning-sound characters.Therefore,the relationship between their form and meaning is explicable.For modern characters,this relationship may exist,be disjointed,recover,be blended or disappear.When we try to explain such kind of complicated relationship,our New Shuo Wen Jie Zi should be based on modern situations and also referred to ancient situations.In order not to be affected by our subjectivity,the explanation of every single character should have the foundation of comprehensive analysis of Chinese character system.The explanation of Chinese characters' form and meaning,which is a kind of practical science,will bring benefit to the teaching of Chinese characters.