The Study of the Meaning of Characters and Words Consisted of the Radical “Gui” in the “Contemporary Chinese Dictionary”

Abstract

This study is a qualitative and quantitative study regarding the meaning of characters and words in the radical “gui” from the Current Chinese Dictionary (《现代汉语词典》), the objective of this study is to study the meaning of “ghost” that is reflected through the characters and words in the Current Chinese Dictionary. From the study, it is found that the radical"gui" contains a number of characters that have "gui" as their meaning, and currently there are 12 letters used (Excluding the full letter and various written letters) in total. This number of letters can form a total of 103 new words. The meanings can be divided into 8 types: 1. Meanings related to ghosts, ghosts. devil, spirit 2. secretive, mysterious 3. evil 4. used to refer to someone who behaves bad or bad habit, and call someone who has bad or evil behavior. 5. Morale, spirit, mind. 6. Illness or abnormal symptoms in general. 7. Intelligent, sharp, quick-witted, 8. Others. It is found that most of these words still have meanings related to "ghosts" and have developed meanings from "ghosts" as well.