Based on the previous studies, this paper intends to comb and sort out the related literature, dialect, foreign languages, images and object data to pushed the research of steamed bread,which is the common cooked wheaten food, into a deeper stage. First of all, this article tries to draw the outline of the evolution of appellation from ancient to present. differentiate and analyze the concept and objective being of other names of steamed bread. What’s more, it explore the named motivation and distinguish different opinions about etymology. In addicion, the Word-formation of steamed bread were analyzed. The study figures out that fillings are wrapped, head shape, smooth without wrinkles are not only the central feature of steamed bread but also as the main bases of its naming motivation. Originally steamed bread was Modifier-head Disyllabic Compounds, and afterwards it became Affixed Double-syllable Words.

“Kong shou” is one of basic Worship on bended knees in ancient China. There are various opinions on the explanation of “Kong shou”. In the present study, many doubtful points were deeply analysed, and the data of related images were used to confirm the “kong shou” etiquette action. The analysis results have showed that all the statements are inaccurate. Based on the image data, we reinterpreted “kong show” as follows: the person kneeled his both knees and placed hands together above the front of the knees, with the hands staying at a certain distance from the ground, while the palms were keeping upward and the head moved towarding to the hand. The person’s head closed to his hands and kept a certain space between the head and the hands. Therefore, the name of “kong shou” originates from that someone make an action of “Kong Shou”, his head does not reach the hands and kept interspace between them.

In ancient Chinese, “shou (首) and “tou (頭)”, both of which were synonyms, referred to the human head. However, they were different from each other in the senses of the original, extended, and style meaning, respectively. The original meaning of “shou” refers to “head” with emphasis on the face, and “tou” refers specifically to “top of head”. In terms of the extended meaning, the most remarkable difference between “shou” and “tou” is that “shou” has the usage of verb while “tou” does not. “Tou” is grammaticalized as a suffix while “shou” is not. Therefore, we deduce the reason why “shou” and “tou” are not extended synchronously, and reach a conclusion that the core meanings of the two words are different. The core meanings confine the semantic changes of the synonym. In addition, the usage of verb of “shou” and the grammaticalization of “tou” have been explained at the core meaning level, respectively. As for the style meaning, “shou” is thought to be more elegant than “tou”.

The word “Maotou” was used many times in Buddhist Scripture Document. It appeared in Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, Grand Chinese Dictionary has not mentioned the meanings of “Maotou” in Buddhist Scripture Document. In the present study, the word “Maotou” in Buddhist Scripture Document is combed and analyzed; its meanings are explored; and the etymologies of its relevant words are traced.

The grapheme of the Chinese character “Xiao (owl)” has been studied by some ancient experts and contemporary scholars, and they have proposed two different viewpoints. Some hold an opinion that “Xiao” represents the head of a bird on a tree, while others propose that it expresses a bird on a tree. It is difficult to draw a final conclusion. Nevertheless, the present researches using the unearthed literature corpus and the handed down documents corpus to analyze the character form of “Xiao” show that it represents the head of a bird on a tree. In addition, worshipping “Xiao” and offering sacrifices of “Xiao” to Gods or ancestors in Shang Dynasty provide another evidence that “Xiao” represents the head of a bird on a tree. These materials also show that the motivation of word-making of “Xiao” was derived from the ancient event of offering sacrifices, in which the bird was dismembered and suspended on a tree on Summer Solstice Day.