The character in the oracle bone inscriptions of Yin Ruins which matches Northern God name Wan should be identified as wan(丸)according to some scholars; the bao(勹) -formation of yu( 〔鬱〕)in oracle bone and bronze inscriptions may also be identified as wan(丸), which function as phonetic and ideographic. It actually adds phonetic symbol wan(丸)which seems bao(勹) -formation to yuan(邍)in Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn bronze inscriptions. It is generally believed that adding phonetic symbol yun( 〔勻〕)to yuan(邍)in bamboo slips of Warring States period collected in Tsinghua University,which is from the character yuan (邍) adding phonetic symbol wan (丸) in Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn bronze inscriptions. In fact, the form so called yun( 〔勻〕)is false changed by wan(丸).
關鍵詞:丸;鬱;邍
Keyword: wan(丸), yu(鬱), yuan(邍)