The so called “special characters”, is the characters that intended to represent a particular meaning. The concept of “special characters” has been developed for a long time, and as early as the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Kai’s (徐锴) interpretation of “lang (郎)” in the “Shuowen Jiezi Xizhuan 《( 說 文解字繫傳》)” already had the meaning of “special characters”. The Qing dynasty scholar Wang Yun (王筠) also discussed “special characters” many times. “Special characters” are exist more or less in various periods of Chinese characters, and “special characters” have appeared as early as the existence of oracle-bone inscriptions. This paper preliminarily sorts out the “special characters” in the oracle-bone inscriptions, and then groups these “special characters” and briefly sorts out the configuration of each group of characters, in order to have a comprehensive understanding of the development of “special characters” in the oracle-bone inscriptions. On the basis of analyzing their use in combination with the example and context, the “special characters” in the oracle-bone inscriptions are compared with the “special characters” in Dongba script, and it is found that these “special characters” have distinctive characteristics when used. The “special characters” in the oracle-bone inscriptions are often accompanied by partial changes in the shape structure, and the frequency of their use is unbalanced. When “special characters” are used, there is often a situation where a character represents a phrase, the use of “special characters” is often limited by superordinate level semantics and it will gradually be unified into a glyph in the later stage. Finally, combined with the production and development process of Chinese characters, we find that the production of “special characters” is a natural manifestation in the process of writing development, which is closely related to the context of the use of oracle-bone inscriptions and the thinking habits of primitive ancestors.

『漢鮮文新玉篇』은 고종의 칙령으로 새로운 문자 생활이 시작되면서 시대 상황에 맞는 자 전 편찬의 필요성이 대두되었던 시기에 玄公廉이 편찬한 자전이다. 『漢鮮文新玉篇』의 한문 주석에 ‘【朝】’, ‘【日】’, ‘【華】’등의 표시가 있는 자형이 수록되어 있는 것을 볼 수 있다. 이렇게 표시된 ‘【朝】’, ‘【日】’, ‘【華】’의 의미는 다음과 같다.【朝】는 한국에서 통용되는 한자 및 한자어,【日】은 일본에서 통용되는 한자 및 한자어,【華】는 중국에서 통용되는 한 자 및 한자어를 말한다. 본고에서는 『漢鮮文新玉篇』에 나타나는【朝】를 중심으로 한국 고유 한자의 특징에 대해 고찰하고자 한다. 『漢鮮文新玉篇』에는 55자, 극히 소수의 한국 고유한자 가 출현하였지만 『漢鮮文新玉篇』을 포함한 여타 다른 자료에서 찾아 볼 수 있는 우리 고유한 자에는 우리의 생활방식이나 국가의 제도문화, 사유방식 등 상당히 풍부한 문화적 의미가 내 포되어 있다. 이러한 우리의 고유한자가 현 국어생활에서는 사용빈도가 낮아서 홀시되고 점 차 사라져가는 경향이고 이미 소실된 것도 상당수다. 그러나 우리 고유한자의 연구는 한국에 서의 한자 사용의 역사적 과정을 밝혀줄 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 한국고유의 문화적 정서를 찾 는 하나의 실마리도 제공해 줄 수 있을 것이다. 그러므로 이러한 고유한자의 발굴은 물론 그 하나하나에 대하여 학문적 구명은 반드시 필요한 일일 것이다.

The Wangmang’s Xin dynasty is the special period in Chinese history, the Wangmang’s governing philosophy and cultural awareness had great influence on both the structure and the usage of the Chinese characters. We make a comprehensive collection of these script materials. This paper has reviewed the special usage of Chinese characters during the Wangmang’s Xin dynasty from three points of view: the shapes of Chinese characters, the construction of Chinese characters, the functions and usages of Chinese character. Further, we hold the opinion that the reform of writing system was the Xin dynasty’s basic policy. And the special usage of Chinese characters during the Wangmang’s Xin Dynasty is important references for division of cultural relic and literature history into periods.