象形
Chinese
shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (math.) | to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape | ||
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trad. (象形) | 象 | 形 | |
simp. #(象形) | 象 | 形 | |
anagram | 形象 |
Pronunciation
Noun
象形
- pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書/六书 (liùshū)). Depicts a man dancing with something long held in both hands.
Derived terms
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See also
- 六書/六书 (liùshū)
- Category:Han pictograms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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象 | 形 |
しょう Grade: 5 | けい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Noun
象形 • (shōkei)
- (Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms.
See also
- Category:Han pictograms
- 六書 (rikusho): The six types of Han characters
- 指事 (shiji): ideogram
- 象形 (shōkei): pictogram
- 形声 (keisei): phono-semantic compound
- 会意 (kaii): compound ideograph
- 転注 (tenchū): derivative cognate
- 仮借 (kasha): phonetic loan
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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象 | 形 |
Noun
象形 • (sanghyeong) (hangeul 상형)
- Hanja form? of 상형 (“((Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書”).
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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象 | 形 |
Noun
象形
- chữ Hán form of tượng hình (“(Chinese character classification) pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書 (lục thư)”).