转注 (轉注) zhuǎn zhù

  1. zhuǎn zhù noun transfer character
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A Chinese character with meanings influenced by other words. It is one of the Shuowen six principles of writing 六书 (Norman 1988, p. 69; Sun 2006, loc. 1132)
  2. zhuǎnzhù noun transferred notation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '轉注' 2; Kieschnick and Wiles 2017, vol. 1, p. iv)

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  • 转注字(轉注字) transfer character (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words

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