"象形" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 象形 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (けい)), shōkei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうけい}} 象(しょう)形(けい) • (shōkei)
  1. (Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms. Categories (topical): Han characters Related terms (六書 (rikusho): The six types of Han characters): 指事: ideogram (shiji) (ruby: (), ()), 象形: pictogram (shōkei) (ruby: (しょう), (けい)), 形声 (keisei) (ruby: (けい), (せい)) (english: phono-semantic compound), 会意 (kaī) (ruby: (かい), ()) (english: compound ideograph), 転注 (tenchū) (ruby: (てん), (ちゅう)) (english: derivative cognate), 仮借 (kasha) (ruby: (), (しゃ)) (english: phonetic loan)

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              "注",
              "ちゅう"
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              "借",
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          "声",
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      ],
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      "word": "形声"
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          "借",
          "しゃ"
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        "(Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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