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六书 liù shū
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文shuō wén - namely, two primary methods: 象形xiàng xíng (pictogram), 指事zhǐ shì (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意huì yì (combined ideogram), 形声xíng shēng (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借jiǎ jiè (loan), 转注zhuǎn zhù (transfer)
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- 1. Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文shuō wén - namely, two primary methods: 象形xiàng xíng (pictogram), 指事zhǐ shì (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意huì yì (combined ideogram), 形声xíng shēng (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借jiǎ jiè (loan), 转注zhuǎn zhù (transfer)