雙語解字: Chinese Characters 10- woman（女）

​The original pictograph for woman depictedher in a bowing position.Apparently,for ease in writing,man reduced this to a human form-a woman kneeling down.

“女”字就像女子跪坐的形象。女子跪坐在地上，雙手放在胸前，是一個很合乎禮節的姿勢，顯得女性嫻靜美好，也體現了古代男主外，女主內的分工。

Men Plough And Women Weave

The feature of farm cultivation is men do farm work and women do housework，it was also the most common division of labour in ancient families.In fairy tales, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl divide themselves in this way too.(In a Chinese legend who, once a happy couple, become stars separated by the Milky Way. They can meet only once in a year when magpies fly together to form a bridge over the Milky Way.)

男耕女織，就是男的種田，女的織布，全家分工勞動，這是農耕文化的顯著特徵，也是古代家庭最常見的分工方式。神話故事里的牛郎和織女也是這樣分工的。

    漢代諺語有雲：“一夫不耕或受之飢，一婦不織或受之寒。”唐代田園詩人孟郊在《織婦詞》中說：“夫是田中郎，妾是田中女。當年嫁得君，為君乘機杼。”田夫蠶妾，牛郎織女，日出而作，自給自足，是小農經濟的經營方式。

“Analysis of Chinese Characters by bilingual”，is opened for the convenience of Chinese and foreign friends who are interested in Chinese characters. We’ll push a Chinese character every Monday，analyze its originand related culture. If there is any impropriety，welcome to correct us.

為方便對漢字感興趣的中國朋友和外國朋友，我們新開設了《雙語解字》欄目。每周一推送一個漢字的來歷和相關文化，如果其中有不恰當的地方，歡迎中外朋友指正。

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