《说文解字》云: “名,自命也。从口从夕,夕者冥也,冥不相见,故以口自名。”这可能是“名”的初始意谓,它缘于“冥”而出于“口”。“命”原在于称呼、告诉,“自命”即自呼、自告; “Shuo Wen Jie Zi” cloud: “Name, self-esteem also from the mouth from the evening, the evening of those who Ming, Ming do not meet, so to mouth their own name. ” This may be “name ” of the initial meaning , It is due to “Ming ” and out of “mouth ”. “Life ” was originally called, told, “self-life ” means self-call, self-report;