甲骨文“雪”是会意兼形声字。字形中的“雨”和小点是意符,意为天上的雨水凝结成雪片落下来,“彗”是声符。本义为下雪、雪花,由于雪是白色的,引申为白色或白色的东西,又表示除尘、洗刷等。
The oracle bone script form of the Chinese character “雪”(xuě)is a pictophonetic character.The“雨”(yǔ)and the dots in the character are ideographic components,representing rain from the sky condensing into snowflakes and falling.The“彗”(huì)serves as the phonetic component.Its original meaning is snow or snowflakes.Because snow is white,the meaning was extended to include “white”or“white objects.”Additionally,it came to signify dust removal,cleaning,or washing. (文字翻译 童林 张蕊)