Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)

The Evolution of the Meaning of Chinese character “Yun” and Its Reasons

Authors
Wang Jiaojiao1, 2, a
1School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
2School of Chinese Language and Literature, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China
Corresponding Author
Wang Jiaojiao
Available Online 1 February 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220131.170How to use a DOI?
Keywords
The Chinese character Yun; The evolution of word meaning; Result; Reasons
Abstract

The Chinese character “Yun” is a pictographic character in oracle bone inscriptions, whose original meaning is cloud, which refers to a physical phenomenon in nature.With the development and change of vocabulary, the meaning of“Yun”is becoming more and more abundant.In addition to the traditional meaning summarized in dictionaries of past Dynasties, it also derives a new meaning, which is endowed with semantic features such as [+ Internet], [+ mass], [+ remote], [+ virtual] and [+ sharing].The evolution of the meaning of“Yun”is the result of the comprehensive effect of language itself, social era and cognitive psychology, which not only enlarges the rational meaning of “Yun”, but also changes its color meaning and grammatical function.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 February 2022
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978-94-6239-527-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220131.170How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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