指事

Pronunciation

Noun

指事

1. (Chinese character classification) one of the types of Han characters such as 上 (shàng, “above”) and 下 (xià, “below”) that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram

See also

• 六書／六书 (liùshū, “The six types of Han characters”)
  • 指事 (zhǐshì, “ideogram”)
  • 象形 (xiàngxíng, “pictogram”)
  • 形聲／形声 (xíngshēng, “phono-semantic compound”)
  • 會意／会意 (huìyì, “compound ideograph”)
  • 轉注／转注 (zhuǎnzhù, “derivative cognate”)
  • 假借 (jiǎjiè, “phonetic loan”)

• Category:Han ideograms

Noun

指(し)事(じ) • (shiji) 

1. (Chinese character classification) ideogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 ideogram. One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (“above”) and 下 (“below”) that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.

See also

• Category:Han ideograms
• 六書(りくしょ) (rikusho, “The six types of Han characters”)
  • 指(し)事(じ) (shiji, “ideogram”)
  • 象(しょう)形(けい) (shōkei, “pictogram”)
  • 形(けい)声(せい) (keisei, “phono-semantic compound”)
  • 会(かい)意(い) (kaī, “compound ideograph”)
  • 転(てん)注(ちゅう) (tenchū, “derivative cognate”)
  • 仮(か)借(しゃ) (kasha, “phonetic loan”)

Noun

指事 • (jisa) (hangeul 지사)

1. hanja form^? of 지사 (“(Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 above and 下 below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.”)

See also

• 육서 (六書, yukseo, “The six types of Han characters”)
  • 지사 (指事, jisa, “ideogram”)
  • 상형 (象形, sanghyeong, “pictogram”)
  • 형성 (形聲, hyeongseong, “phono-semantic compound”)
  • 회의 (會意, hoe'ui, “compound ideograph”)
  • 전주 (轉注, jeonju, “derivative cognate”)
  • 가차 (假借, gacha, “phonetic loan”)

Noun

指事

1. chữ Hán form of chỉ sự (“(Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (thượng) above and 上 (hạ) below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.”).

See also

• lục thư (六書, “The six types of Han characters”)
  • chỉ sự (指事, “ideogram”)
  • tượng hình (象形, “pictogram”)
  • hình thanh (形聲, “phono-semantic compound”)
  • hội ý (會意, “compound ideograph”)
  • chuyển chú (轉注, “derivative cognate”)
  • giả tá (假借, “phonetic loan”)