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六書 六书 [liu4 shu1] /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)/ 5807 1
象形 象形 [xiang4 xing2] /pictogram/one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters/Chinese character derived from a picture/sometimes called hieroglyph/ 6955 1
象形文字 象形文字 [xiang4 xing2 wen2 zi4] /pictogram/hieroglyph/ 5525 1
象形字 象形字 [xiang4 xing2 zi4] /pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character derived from a picture/sometimes called hieroglyph/ 6955 1

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