指事 zhǐshì

  1. zhǐshì noun ideogram
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: One of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down, also known as self-explanatory character (CC-CEDICT '指事'; Guoyu '指事' 1)
  2. zhǐshì noun pointing to something
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '指事' 2)

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  • 指事字 ideogram (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down

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