象形

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (math.)	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (象形)		象	形
simp. ^#(象形)		象	形
anagram		形象

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàngxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-hêng / siǒng-hêng / chhiāng-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàngsíng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hsing²
  - Yale: syàng-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng
  - Palladius: сянсин (sjansin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴
  - Yale: jeuhng yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngheeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: siǒng-hîng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiāng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxngheeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/

Noun

象形

pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書／六书 (liùshū)). Depicts a man dancing with something long held in both hands.

Derived terms

象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì)

See also

六書／六书 (liùshū)
Category:Han pictograms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	形
しょう Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

象(しょう)形(けい) • (shōkei)

(Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms.

See also

Category:Han pictograms
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) (kaii): 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
象	形

Noun

象形 • (sanghyeong) (hangeul 상형)

Hanja form^? of 상형 (“((Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
象	形

Noun

象形

chữ Hán form of tượng hình (“(Chinese character classification) pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書 (lục thư)”).

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