指事 - zhǐ shì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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指事

zhǐ shì

Definition

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
also known as self-explanatory character

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指事字

zhǐ shì zì

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character

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