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zoeng6 jing4xiàng xíng

English

  1. pictogram
  2. one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters
  3. Chinese character derived from a picture
  4. sometimes called hieroglyph
  5. pictograph; pictographic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種將漢字分類嘅方式:由描繪物體形狀演變而成嘅文字,譬如「日」係圓嘅太陽,「月」就係上弦月;六書之一

Examples

  • 象形文字

    hieroglyphs

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

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