指事

zhǐ shì

Dictionary entry

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)

What does 指事 mean?

指事 (zhǐ shì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)

2Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down

3also known as self-explanatory character

Character breakdown

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指zhǐfinger · to point at or to 事shìmatter · thing

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How to pronounce 指事

指事

zhǐ shì

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