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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
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/ 6954 1

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