促使

Etymology · 词源

“促”属于会意或指事来源，字形中的部件共同提示意义。现代可见结构是 亻 + 足；学习时应理解整体关系，而不是把每一笔都解释成独立词义。 “使”的历史构形可以这样理解：亻主要提示意义范围；又以图像或会意方式参与构形；◎的历史作用尚不明确。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；“促使”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。

促 is ideographic in origin. Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding some object. There are various theories about theories about what this object is, including a writing utensil, a container for official documents, a flag, or a hunting tool. These four characters were originally all written the same, but later marks were added to distinguish them. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 促使 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。