“鳏”本义为鱼名,其在鳏寡孤独等成语中为“老而无妻”义。通过“鳏”的语源义探析,和其同族词的参照,我们理清了“鳏”得名由来及其词义引申轨迹,从而得出“老而无妻”义是由其“圆”之语源义引申而来。 “鳏 ” The original meaning of the fish name, its widowed loneliness and other idioms for “old without wife ” righteousness. Through the analysis of the source meaning of “鳏 ” and the reference of its homonyms, we clarify the origin of the “鳏 ” and the derivation of its semantic meaning, so as to conclude that the meaning of “old without wife” Its “round ” source meaning derived from.