Abstract: Different Chinese character structure has different development trends.The mighty structure is the structure that has a strong development trend,which includes the pictophonetic structure,the hierarchical structure and the two-component structure.The opposite of the mighty structure is the weak structure,that is,the structure which gradually declines in the development of the Chinese characters.This structure includes the non-phonetic structure,the non-hierarchical structure and the non-two-component structure.The survey data demonstrate that the number of characters constructed by mighty structure goes up,while the weak structure goes down all the way.This is reflected in the choice of the mighty structure both in the creation of the newly made Chinese characters and the transformation of old Chinese characters.The common point of the mighty structure is to achieve a hierarchical structure in Chinese character formation.While with the combined action of various strong structures,the overall development goal of Chinese characters is to realize the Chinese structure systematization.A synergistic effect of the pictophonetic structure and the two-component structure further produces a “form-function” matching mode,which is left-meaning and right-sound,and improves the accuracy of the Chinese character system.

Key words: Chinese characters, Chinese character structure, mighty structure, development trend of Chinese characters, Chinese character configuration system