六书 Chinese English dictionary 六书 translate 六书 pinyin

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六书

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
六书 liùshū	六书 \| 六书* \| *六书	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)	六書

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
六	六 \| 六* \| *六	4画八 + 2	liù, lù	number six	luk6	0080.0 YC


书	书 \| 书* \| *书	4画丨 + 3 乙乚 + 3	shū	book, letter, document; writings	syu1	書 5302 IDS

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
六书 liùshū	六书 \| 六书* \| *六书	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)


六 liù	六 \| 六* \| *六	six / 6


六 lù	六 \| 六* \| *六	used in place names


书　Shū	书 \| 书* \| *书	abbr. for 書經｜书经


书　shū	书 \| 书* \| *书	book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊｜册, 部 / to write