指事
Chinese
finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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trad. (指事) | 指 | 事 | |
simp. #(指事) | 指 | 事 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐshì
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhshìh
- Wade–Giles: chih3-shih4
- Yale: jř-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshyh
- Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 只是
指事
指示
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zi2 si6
- Yale: jí sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji2 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵ siː²²/
- Homophones:
只是
指事
指示
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
指事
- (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
Hypernyms
See also
- 六書/六书 (liùshū, “The six types of Han characters”)
- Category:Han ideograms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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指 | 事 |
し Grade: 3 |
じ Grade: 3 |
on'yomi |
Noun
指事 • (shiji)
- (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 (rikusho, “The six types of Han characters”)
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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指 | 事 |
Noun
指事 • (jisa) (hangeul 지사)
- 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”)
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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指 | 事 |
Noun
指事
- 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 下 (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”)