【析形】形声字。古文字形从巾,敝声。从巾,表示与布帛有关。 【释义】《说文》:“帛也。”本义是缯帛。古代缯帛织品十分珍贵,常用作祭祀或馈赠的礼品,后来泛指包括车马皮帛玉器等礼物。礼重往来,故有交换和信用之义,故后来表示商品交换的媒介物货币。 【shape analysis】It is the pictophonetic character.The meaningful part is巾(jīn,cloth).The phonetic component is敝(bì).It is related to the textiles. 【original meaning】Fine silk,which was valuable at ancient times and usually was used for worship or the gift.Later it generally means the gifts such as cart and horse,cotton and jade and so on.