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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		會意	会意	[hui4 yi4]	/combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compound/to comprehend without being told explicitly/to cotton on/knowing (smile, glance etc)/	1840	1
		會意字	会意字	[hui4 yi4 zi4]	/combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compound/	1840	1
		假借	假借	[jia3 jie4]	/to make use of/to use sth as pretext/under false pretenses/under the guise of/masquerading as/lenient/tolerant/loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan/	4409	1
		假借字	假借字	[jia3 jie4 zi4]	/loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan/	6955	1
		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
		形聲	形声	[xing2 sheng1]	/ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character/	5807	1
		造字	造字	[zao4 zi4]	/to create Chinese characters/cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書\|六书[liu4 shu1]/	6329	1
		指事	指事	[zhi3 shi4]	/ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down/also known as self-explanatory character/	6955	1
		指事字	指事字	[zhi3 shi4 zi4]	/ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down/also known as self-explanatory character/	6955	1
		轉注	转注	[zhuan3 zhu4]	/transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character with meanings influenced by other words/sometimes called mutually explanatory character/	5801	1
		轉注字	转注字	[zhuan3 zhu4 zi4]	/transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書\|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character with meanings influenced by other words/sometimes called mutually explanatory character/	5801	1

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