寒假

Etymology · 词源

“寒”是会意字：人在屋内，以草覆盖，下面有冰，整体表示严寒环境。现代楷书的部件已经简化，应按整体古字形理解。 “假”的历史构形可以这样理解：亻主要提示意义范围；叚主要提示较早的读音。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 以上是各字的历史构形说明；“寒假”作为现代词语时，应结合完整词义学习，不能把单字意义机械相加。

寒 is ideographic: an early form shows a person under a roof, covered with grass, with ice below—together representing severe cold. Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 寒假 as a complete modern word rather than mechanically adding isolated character meanings.

Learning note · 学习提示：形旁通常提示意义范围，声旁通常提示较早的读音；现代普通话读音或字义可能已经发生变化。