六書 [ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨ; liu4 shu1]
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意 (combined ideogram), 形聲 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注 (transfer)
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六書
りくしょ
りきしょ
ろくしょ
りくしょ
りきしょ
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
the six classes of (kanji) characters
Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
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