量词是汉语词汇系统中独特的一类,量词的特点决定其用字的独特性。自然单位量词与动量词多由名词、动词语法化而来,它们的用字多以源词本字记录;制度单位量词由自源新生,仓促无其字的情况下多以假借字,含有特定数值和名物的专用量词则以专用字记录。量词用字的依赖性与词语的独立性使得字词不协调的矛盾日益尖锐,出现大量用字的重新调整。制度单位量词与经济生活密切相关,为增加字形的区别度,避免讹混,出现成批的大写增繁用字。
The Chinese classifier is one of very important and unique parts of speech in Chinese.The features of Chinese classifier have influence on the Characteristics of the Chinese Classifiers' usage of character. The written forms of "natural units quantifiers" and "verb-classifiers" are original characters of source words. The written forms of "system unit of measure words" are borrowing characters.The written forms of "special-classifier" are characters specially made. And some system unit of measure words use the capital forms.