火的声训释义分别是属于晓母、歌部字的“化”以及晓母祭部字的“毁”。毁即毁坏。而化有两层含义,它既有消除意义,可“消化物也”;又有生成意义,可“化成天下”。由于火的这些意义,使它对“文化”一词的最初结合产生直接影响。而火的生成意义使它在古代朴素唯物主义哲学中占有重要地位,八卦、五行、太极图等都把火作为世界起源的基本物质。 The phonetic interpretations of fire are respectively the “ 化” of Xiaogu, the song department, and the “ruin” of the Xiaomu Festival. Destroy or destroy. And there are two meanings, which both eliminate meaning, can “digest things also ”; also have a meaning, can “into the world ”. Because of these meanings of fire, it has a direct effect on the initial combination of the word “culture.” The significance of fire generation makes it play an important role in the ancient simple materialist philosophy. Gossip, Five Elements, Tai Chi and others regard fire as the basic material of world origin.