**章 汉字的起源 Origin of Chinese Characters 1.1 中国新石器时期的符号:汉字的萌芽形式 Neolithic Signs in China: Embryonic Forms of Chinese Characters 1.2 古代陶器上的陶符:汉字的雏形 Ancient Pottery Signs: the Precursor of Chinese Characters 1.3 从非语言符号到汉语语言系统的映射 Mapping Non-linguistic Symbols onto the Language System of Chinese 第二章 汉字形体的演变 Evolution of the Forms of Chinese Characters 2.1 甲骨文 Oracle Scripts 2.2 金文 Bronze Scripts 2.3 大篆 Great Seal Scripts 2.4 小篆 Small Seal Scripts 2.5 隶书 Clerical Scripts 2.6 草书 Cursive Hand Scripts 2.7 楷书 Regular Scripts 2.8 行书 Running Hand Scripts 第三章 象形字 Pictographs 3.1 什么是象形字? What Is a Pictograph? 3.2 描写人体的象形字 Pictographs Describing the Human Body 3.3 描写动物的象形字 Pictographs Describing Animals 3.4 描写植物的象形字 Pictographs Describing Plants 3.5 描写服饰和器物的象形字 Pictographs Describing Dress and Implements 3.6 描写天文和地理现象的象形字 Pictographs Describing Astronomical and Geographical Phenomena 第四章 指事字 Indicative Characters 4.1 什么是指事字? What Is an Indicative Character? 4.2 象形字加符号构成的指事字 Indicative Characters Composed of a Pictograph plus Symbol(s) 4.3 纯符号的指事字 Indicative Characters Composed of Pure Symbols 第五章 会意字 Ideographs 5.1 什么是会意字? What Is an Ideograph? 5.2 由相同成分构成的会意字 Ideographs Composed of Identical Elements 5.3 由不同成分构成的会意字 Ideographs Composed of Different Elements 第六章 形声字 Signific-phonetic Characters 6.1 什么是形声字? What Is a Signific-phonetic Character? 6.2 左形右声的形声字 Signific Element on the Left and Phonetic Element on the Right 6.3 左声右形的形声字 Phonetic Element on the Left and Signific Element on the Right 6.4 上形下声的形声字 Signific Element at the Top and Phonetic Element at the Bottom 6.5 上声下形的形声字 Phonetic Element at the Top and Signific Element at the Bottom 6.6 外形内声的形声字 Signific Element on the Outside and Phonetic Element on the Inside 6.7 外声内形的形声字 Phonetic Element on the Outside and Signific Element on the Inside 6.8 形在一角的形声字 Signific Element in a Corner 6.9 声在一角的形声字 Phonetic Element in a Corner 6.10 形声字的横向扩张与纵向扩展 Horizontal Expansion and Vertical Extension of Signific-phonetic Characters 第七章 转注字 Mutually-defining Characters 7.1 什么是转注字? What Is a Mutually-defining Character? 7.2 一些重要的转注字 Some Important Mutually-defining Characters 第八章 假借字 Phonetic Loan Characters 8.1 什么是假借字? What Is a Phonetic Loan Character? 8.2 一些典型的假借字 Some Typical Phonetic Loan Characters 第九章 汉字的部件 Components of Chinese Characters 9.1 汉字的数量 The Number of Chinese Characters 9.2 现代汉字结构的三个层级 Three Levels of the Construction of Modern Chinese Characters 9.3 合体字的基本结构类型 Basic Construction Types of Compound-element Characters 9.4 合体字的复杂结构类型 Complex Construction Types of Compound-element Characters 第十章 汉字的笔画 Strokes of Chinese Characters 10.1 汉字的笔画类型 Stroke Types of Chinese Characters 10.2 汉字的笔顺规则 Rules of the Writing Order of Chinese Characters 参考文献 References 索引 Index