我们形容一个女孩子好看，经常会说她“美”，那么你知道“美”字最初值得是什么吗？“美”字最早出现在商代的甲骨文里，指的是头戴羽毛头饰且站立着的人。鲁迅先生也曾经把“美”解释成“戴帽子的太太”，也就是这个意思。你别说，还真有点像。许慎在《说文解字》认为，美是个会意字。从羊，从大。段玉裁作注：“羊大则肥美。”羊肉味道鲜美，因而人们常常将“美”字拆成“羊”、“大”，说“羊大为美”。"美"字的演化过程其实这是一种误读，从图1、图2的甲骨文来看，“大”上部的构件并不是羊头，而是像羽毛之类的装饰物。一人（大）的头上装饰着高耸弯曲的羽毛或类似的头饰状，自然是美丽的，所以才拿来创造美丽、美好等意义。在图3的甲骨文中，羽饰下部多出一横；图4羽饰由四根变为两根，上部变得与“羊”相似。西周以后，这一构件已与“羊”非常接近。战国时已形成与小篆大致相同的主流结构，同时作为后代主要异体的从羊、从火结构开始出现，构件“火”初作图A，后作图B，是“大”的讹变。隶书主流结构承袭从羊从大的讹变形体，并且又进一步楷化为楷书的“美”；从构件火的作羙，其他变化大、有代表性的是构件“大”讹作廾。
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