<Za> in Yuan Qu published in the Yuan Dynasty

Abstract

This paper mainly discusses the usage of <咱> and the distribution synonymous characters <喒> <昝> <偺>. As basic material, we mainly used Yuan Qu <元曲> published in Yuan Dynasty. Result of discussion, we lead to consequences such as the following: at first, the first person pronouns to be used in Yuan Qu published in Yuan Dynasty, we can see <咱> <喒> <我> <俺> <吾> <自家> <咱家> and <昝>, not seen <偺>. There is a case to be complementary distribution <咱> <喒>; secondly, <咱> is pronounced [tsa], belonged to Jia-ma-yun (rhyme), but in some case it belonged to Jiang-yang-yun (rhyme) in the late of Yuan Dynasty.