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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries象形
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiàng xíng
"象形是汉字六书之一。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A pictograph; one of the traditional six categories of Chinese characters (liushu), representing words through stylized pictures of physical objects.
"The character for sun, rì, is a classic example of a xiangxing character that evolved from an early drawing." - 2
The structural formation of Chinese characters derived directly from visual representations of objects in the natural world.
"Studying xiangxing helps learners understand the foundational pictographic logic behind ancient Chinese writing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Mandarin Chinese compound 象形 (xiàngxíng), combining 象 (xiàng, meaning 'form' or 'resemble') and 形 (xíng, meaning 'shape' or 'figure'). Historically coined in ancient Chinese lexicography to categorize the pictographic etymological category of Chinese characters.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Xiangxing" is said worldwide
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idéogramme
Transliteration: i.de.o.ɡʁam
"Le caractère représente un xiangxing classique."
Bildschriftzeichen
Transliteration: ˈbɪltˌʃʁɪftˌtsaɪçn̩
"Dieses Zeichen ist ein typisches Xiangxing."
pittogramma
Transliteration: pit.toˈɡram.ma
"Il carattere cinese deriva da un antico xiangxing."
pictograma
Transliteration: pik.toˈɣɾa.ma
"Muchos caracteres chinos comenzaron como xiangxing."
pictograma
Transliteration: pik.tuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ
"O conceito de xiangxing refere-se à origem pictográfica."
चितra लिपि
Transliteration: chitra lipi
Script: चित्र लिपि
"यह चीनी अक्षर एक शियांगक्सिंग है।"
象形
Transliteration: xiàng xíng
"象形是汉字六书之一。"
상형
Transliteration: sanghyeong
"이 한자는 고대의 상형 문자에서 유래했습니다."
象形
Transliteration: shōkei
"漢字の成り立ちにおいて象形は基本です。"
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