一个又深又圆的坑,坑口收得小;坑里困着一只带杈角的兽,四脚离了地。猎人挖坑,兽掉进去,就出不来了。一個又深又圓的坑,坑口收得小;坑裡困著一隻帶杈角的獸,四腳離了地。獵人挖坑,獸掉進去,就出不來了。A deep round pit with a narrow mouth, and caught inside it an animal with forked antlers, its feet off the ground. Hunters dug the pit; whatever fell in did not climb out.
甲骨文异体甲骨文異體Oracle-bone variants
商代不同时期、不同刻手的写法并不相同。下面每一种写法都依据一片具体的甲骨。商代不同時期、不同刻手的寫法並不相同。下面每一種寫法都依據一片具體的甲骨。Scribes of different periods wrote the same character differently. Each form below follows one specific inscription.
常见写法常見寫法Most common form
坑刻成一个深圆的兜子;里面是一只带两层杈角的兽,中间一道直笔通到底。坑刻成一個深圓的兜子;裡面是一隻帶兩層杈角的獸,中間一道直筆通到底。The pit is cut as a deep rounded basket, and inside it an animal with two tiers of forked antlers on a single upright stroke.
《甲骨文合集》15551 號 · 舊著錄 鐵175.3 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 07 形《甲骨文合集》15551 號 · 舊著錄 鐵175.3 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 07 形《甲骨文合集》 合15551 · first published as 鐵175.3 · 賓組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 49 · form 07
坑口两旁另外点了四小点,是挖坑翻出来的松土;坑里的活物弯成折线,像挣扎的样子。坑口兩旁另外點了四小點,是挖坑翻出來的鬆土;坑裡的活物彎成折線,像掙扎的樣子。Four dots are added outside the pit's mouth for the loose earth thrown up in digging, and the creature inside doubles into a zigzag, as if struggling.
《甲骨文合集》14313 號 · 舊著錄 續2.18.8 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 10 形《甲骨文合集》14313 號 · 舊著錄 續2.18.8 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 10 形《甲骨文合集》 合14313 · first published as 續2.18.8 · 賓組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 49 · form 10
全部刻成直笔:坑变成一个方槽,里面的活物只剩几道斜线,坑口上还挑出一笔。全部刻成直筆:坑變成一個方槽,裡面的活物只剩幾道斜線,坑口上還挑出一筆。Everything is cut with straight strokes: the pit becomes a square trough, the faller is reduced to a few diagonals, and one stroke flicks out above the rim.
《甲骨文合集》33374 號 · 舊著錄 摭續125 · 歷組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 17 形《甲骨文合集》33374 號 · 舊著錄 摭續125 · 歷組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 49 · 第 17 形《甲骨文合集》 合33374 · first published as 摭續125 · 歷組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 49 · form 17
The outer curve is the wall of the pit and the forked shape inside it is whatever has fallen in. Some cuttings put an animal down there and some a doubled-over human figure; that is a change of subject, not of structure — pit plus faller stays the same. The seal script adds 阜 on the left to make 陷, and 說文 explains it as “from high to low”.
所有字形均为本项目按所引字形原创绘制的示意图,不是拓片复制品。所有字形均為本專案按所引字形原創繪製的示意圖,不是拓片複製品。Every drawing is an original schematic illustration made after the cited form. None of them is a reproduction of a rubbing.小學堂甲骨文資料庫 · 中央研究院