Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

指事

zhǐshì

ㄓˇ ㄕˋ

  1. 1ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  2. 2Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
  3. 3also known as self-explanatory character

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