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

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• 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

1. 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) 

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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”)