【析形】甲骨文字形为会意字,从糸,从册,表示用绳子把简编联成册。小篆字形改从扁,作声符,从糸,扁声。 【释义】《说文》:“次简也。”本义是按顺序排列竹简并编联起来。朱骏声《说文通训定声》:“竹谓之简,……联之为编,编之为册。”引申之,可表示把细条或带子状的东西交叉织起来,也表示把分散的东西按一定的顺序或方式排列。作为简册的名称,编、篇有别,篇多指文章,编多指成本的书,可以包括若干篇文章。[编年体]中国传统史书的一种体裁,特点是按时间顺序编排史实。 【shape analysis】It is the associative character.The meaning is related to糸 (mì, materials of paper). It sounds like册 (cè). The character means the booklet is made by ropes in the form of volume. In Small Seal script it sounds like 扁(biǎn). 【original meaning】 Combining bamboos in sequence.