"象形" meaning in Chinese

See 象形 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA], /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Taipei], /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA], /siɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 象形
  1. pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書/六书 (liùshū)). Derived forms: 象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì) Related terms: 六書 (liùshū), 六书 (liùshū)
    Sense id: en-象形-zh-noun-n9GNv87k Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
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          "六书",
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          "roman": "liùshū",
          "word": "六書"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiàngxíng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiong⁴ hin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiāng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiàngxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàngsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiang⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syàng-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shianqshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjansin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сянсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeuhng yìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêng⁶ ying⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiong⁴ hin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sioxngheeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/",
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        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiāng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshiāng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiaxngheeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "象形"
}
{
  "derived": [
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      "roman": "xiàngxíng wénzì",
      "word": "象形文字"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "word": "六書"
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 形",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 象",
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        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書/六书 (liùshū))."
      ],
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          "pictogram"
        ],
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          "六書",
          "六書#Chinese"
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          "六书",
          "六书#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiàngxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiong⁴ hin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiāng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiàngxíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàngsíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiang⁴-hsing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syàng-syíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shianqshyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjansin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сянсин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeuhng yìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoeng⁶ jing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêng⁶ ying⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiong⁴ hin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sioxngheeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǒng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiāng-hêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshiāng-hîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiaxngheeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "象形"
}

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