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
simp. and trad. (象形)		象	形
anagram		形象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jing⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-hêng / siǒng-hêng / chhiāng-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngsíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: jeuhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngheeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siǒng-hîng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiāng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxngheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/

Noun

象形

1. pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書／六书 (liùshū))

Derived terms

• 象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì)

See also

• 六書／六书 (liùshū)
• Category:Han pictograms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	形
しょう Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

象(しょう)形(けい) • (shōkei) 

1. (Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms.

See also

• Category:Han pictograms
• 六書(りくしょ) (rikusho): The six types of Han characters
  • 指事(しじ) (shiji): ideogram
  • 象形(しょうけい) (shōkei): pictogram
  • 形声(けいせい) (keisei): phono-semantic compound
  • 会意(かいい) (kaī): compound ideograph
  • 転注(てんちゅう) (tenchū): derivative cognate
  • 仮借(かしゃ) (kasha): phonetic loan

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Korean

Hanja in this term
象	形

Noun

象形 • (sanghyeong) (hangeul 상형)

1. Hanja form^? of 상형 (“((Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
象	形

Noun

象形

1. Hán tự form of tượng hình (“(Chinese character classification) pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書 (lục thư)”).