本文考察汉语及亲属语言天与天象之间的关系,在汉藏语系以及其他自然语言里,天跟日月云雨可以是同一个来源;汉语的"宇"跟"雨"之间有密切联系。
This paper studies the conceptual and lingistic relationship betwen the word tian 天'heaven,sky' and words representing heavenly phenomena in Chinese and genetically-related languages.In Sino-Tibetan languages and other natural languages,the word for heaven or sky can share a common origin with those representing the Sun,the Moon,cloud and rain.In addition,the Chinese word yu 宇'universe,house' is closely related to its homophonic word yu 雨 'rain'.