갑골문에서 ‘畀(畁,)’자의 ‘화살 또는 화살촉’이라는 의미 고찰

Abstract

Oracle bone script has the character ‘bì(畀)’. The present paper examined that the character ‘bì(畀)’ has a new meaning that has not been revealed by scholars. The findings are as follows. The following two passages using ‘bì(畀)’ are found in oracle bone script: ① “辛亥□卜：家其匄又妾又畀一. ｢花東490｣” and ② “⍁丑卜：隹四畀彡朿. ｢屯南 2180｣”. The study analyzed the letters used in ① and ②, there is a number after ‘bì(畀)’ in ① and a number before ‘bì(畀)’ in ②. In ①, the letter ‘gài(匄)’ has the meaning ‘to obtain’, and the letter ‘shān(彡)’ in ② has the meaning ‘to perform ancestral rites’, and the letter ‘cì(朿)’ in ② has the meaning ‘to perform ancestral rites, sacrificial law’ or ‘object of ancestral rite or full name’. Based on the analysis, the study examined how the letter ‘bì(畀)’ functions as a noun that signifies an object in the two passages. The character ‘bì(畀)’ in oracle bone script is: one, a picture of an arrowhead protruding arrow to express the arrowhead; and two, the entirety of the arrow was visualized to indicate an arrow. Furthermore, the study examined, the meaning of ‘bì(畀)’ as ‘arrow and arrowhead’ in passages ① and ②.