六書

See also: 六书

Chinese

		six	book; letter
trad. (六書)		六	書
simp. (六书)		六	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liùshū

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ syu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-chir / lio̍k-su / lio̍k-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liùshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liòushu
  - Wade–Giles: liu⁴-shu¹
  - Yale: lyòu-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowshu
  - Palladius: люшу (ljušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ syu¹
  - Yale: luhk syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² syː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-chir
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-su
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liogsw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-si
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liogsy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/

Noun

六書

The six types of Han characters

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (六書):

→ Japanese: 六(りく)書(しょ) (rikusho)
→ Korean: 육서(六書) (yukseo)
→ Vietnamese: lục thư (六書)

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 characters by formation type

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	書
りく Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

六(りく)書(しょ) • (rikusho)

The six principles for composing Chinese script.

See also

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”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
六	書

Noun

六書 • (yukseo) (hangeul 육서)

hanja form^? of 육서 (“The six types of Han characters”)

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”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
六	書

Noun

六書

chữ Hán form of lục thư (“The six types of Han characters”)

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”)