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六luk6書syu1

simp六书
luk6 syu1liù shū

English

  1. Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
  2. "Six Writings": the six categories of Chinese characters (pictogram, indicative ideogram, combined ideogram, phonetic ideogram, semantic transfer and homophonic transfer)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 漢字嘅六種造字同運用方式：象形、指事、會意、形聲、轉注、假借

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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