象形 (xiàng xíng) — (attributive) pictographic; relating to the ancient method of creating characters by sketching the object
Definition
Technical linguistics/etymology term: 'pictographic' — refers to the ancient method of forming characters by drawing the object they represent (e.g. 日 looks like the sun, 山 like mountains).
adjective
(attributive) pictographicrelating to the ancient method of creating characters by sketching the object
Examples
- 象形。xiàng xíng Shì zuì gǔ lǎo de hàn zì zào zì fāng fǎ zhī yī.Pictographic is one of the oldest methods of Chinese character formation.
- 象形。Hěn duō xiàng xíng zì kàn qǐ lái jiù xiàng zhēn shí de wù tǐ.Many pictographic characters look just like real objects.
- 。Xué xí xiàng xíng wén zì yǒu zhù yú lǐ jiě hàn zì de qǐ yuán.Studying pictographic script helps understand the origin of Chinese characters.
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