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| Processed by: | ycandau (2010-09-30 16:28:31 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 29588 >> Sorry to amend an entry that has been amended so often before but: 1. I can't find anywhere else that uses 六書 to mean 六經 2. The shuo wen does not refer to radicals - how could it when they were not invented for another 1500 years? It says: 形聲者，以事為名，取譬相成。 Also many radicals are 'incorrect' in that they mistake the original meaning element in the character. |
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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 (radical plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)/the Six Classics 六經|六经/ + 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)/ |