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指事
 
En
zhǐ shì
  • ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  • Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
  • also known as self-explanatory character

指事 zhǐ shì

指事
1 六书之一。因无具体形象,故以象征性的符号来表示意义的造字方法。如上、下。汉.许慎〈说文解字序〉:「指事者,视而可识,察而见意。」也称为「象事」、「处事」。
2 指出事物。南朝梁.钟嵘〈诗品序〉:「五言居文辞之要,是众作之有滋味者也,故云会于流俗。岂不以指事造形,穷情写物,最为详切者邪?」

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