象形

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ChineseEdit

		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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: jeuhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngheeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiāng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxngheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siǒng-hîng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/

NounEdit

象形

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

See alsoEdit

• 六書／六书 (liùshū)

Derived termsEdit

• 象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì)

See alsoEdit

• Category:Han pictograms
• pictograms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chinese character classification#Pictograms

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
象	形
しょう Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

NounEdit

象形 ‎(hiragana しょうけい, romaji shōkei)

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

See alsoEdit

• Category:Han pictograms
• pictograms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chinese character classification#Pictograms
• 六書
• 指事
• 會意
• 形聲
• 假借
• 転注

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VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this word
象	形

NounEdit

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)”