什么是假借?假借是一种借用已有的汉字去代表别的概念的方法。许慎在《说文》序里说:“假借者,本无其字,依声托事,令长是也。”“本无其字”,意即某事某物虽有其名,但无其字;“依声托事”,意即依据字的读音与某事某物的叫法相同的原则,运用此字指代彼事彼物。这就是说,假借是运用已有的汉字指代语音相同的未曾造字的概念或词。 What is an illusion? False borrowing is a way of borrowing existing Chinese characters to represent other concepts. Xu Shen said in the preface to the “Say Wen”: “The borrower, who has no character, dictates the matter, and the commander is also.” “Nothing”, meaning that something has its name, but Without the word; “depending on the matter”, meaning that the pronunciation of the word is the same as the name of something or something, use this word to refer to the thing. That is to say, the sham is to use the existing Chinese characters to refer to the same unconstructed concept or word of speech.