象形文字
象形文字
xiàng xíng wén zì
pictogram; hieroglyph
Characters in This Word
Definitions
- pictogram
- hieroglyph
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Related Words
象形(xiàng xíng)· pictogram
→象形字(xiàng xíng zì)· pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
→六书(liù shū)· Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
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