六書〔-书〕 luk6 syu1 {liù shū}Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意 (combined ideogram), 形聲 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注 (transfer) | CC | |