【析形】甲骨文字形为会意字,下像熔炉的基座,上从双手持盖,中像被熔铸的金属,会以手持盖熔铸金属之意。金文字形增意符金(表示金属熔铸)和声符(畴的初文)。小篆字形改作形声字,从金,寿声。 【释义】《说文》:“销金也。”本义铸造,指熔炼金属或以液态非金属材料浇制成器的统称。铸是铸造金属器皿,以此类比,引申为造就(人才)、锤炼(文辞)。[陶铸]原指制作陶范并用以铸造金属器物,比喻造就、培育。 【shape analysis】It is the associative character. The lower part is like the base of a furnace and the upper part is like catching the cover with both hands, while in the middle, it looks like the melting metal. In Bronze Inscriptions it was added a meaningful part [ The initial text of 畴(chóu, 畴)] . In Small Seal script, it turned to be the pictophonetic characters The meaningful part is金(jīn, gold)and the phonetic component is寿(shòu, longevity). 【original meaning】 Casting, for example, casting the metal or the device.