象形 xiàngxíng

xiàngxíng noun pictogram; xiangshi graph
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Language
Notes: A xiangshi graph is a Chinese character derived from a picture. It is one of the Shuowen six principles of writing 六书 (Norman 1988, p. 68; Sun 2006, loc. 1132)

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象形文字 、 象形字

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  • Scroll 5 Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經 — count: 12
  • Scroll 100 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 7
  • Scroll 6 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 7
  • Scroll 5 Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經 — count: 6
  • Scroll 3 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 6
  • Scroll 2 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 5
  • Scroll 31 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 5
  • Scroll 18 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
  • Scroll 40 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
  • Scroll 11 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4

Collocations

  • 象形作 (象形作) 石也象形作 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 3 — count: 11
  • 作象形 (作象形) 而作象形 — Ratnaketudhāraṇī (Bao Xing Tuoluoni Jing) 寶星陀羅尼經, Scroll 10 — count: 9
  • 字象形 (字象形) 說文竹字象形下為鬼反說文大葭也從草韋聲案即蘆之大者也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 象形经 (象形經) 軸頭鑯也象形經從亡作轡非也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 15 — count: 5
  • 象形第一 (象形第一) 象形第一 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 古文象形 (古文象形) 上時遮反毛詩云惟虺音毀惟虵易曰龍虵之蟄持立反古文象形 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 象形类 (象形類) 今者欲知象形類不 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
  • 象形今 (象形今) 上昌呪反說文云禽走臭而知其跡者犬也從犬從自自古鼻字也象形今之俗從死作臰非也下威衛反玉 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 豆象形 (豆象形) 上敷風反正體字也周禮豊大也國語盛也說文豆之滿者從豆象形從二丰從山豆經文從曲作豊俗字也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 29 — count: 3
  • 象形古文 (象形古文) 上欒管反說文凡物無乳而生者卵生也象形古文作 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 3 — count: 3