象形 xiàngxíng
xiàngxíng
noun
pictogram; xiangshi graph
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
, Subdomain: Language
Notes: A xiangshi graph is a Chinese character derived from a picture. It is one of the Shuowen six principles of writing 六书 (Norman 1988, p. 68; Sun 2006, loc. 1132)
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- 象形字 pictogram
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- 《厹部》 Qiú Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 6
- 《烏部》 Wū Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 4
- 《肉部》 Ròu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 4
- 《了部》 Le Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 《竹部》 Zhú Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 《卷七‧木部》 Scroll 7, Mù Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 《卷一‧序》 Scroll 1, Preface Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 《斗部》 Dòu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 《口部》 Kǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 2
Collocations
- 曰象形 (曰象形) 二曰象形 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua — count: 6
- 类象形 (類象形) 比類象形謂之文 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 — count: 2
- 靡象形 (靡象形) 靡象形 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十二 志第十二 樂上 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music Part One — count: 2