象形

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (象形)		象	形
simp. #(象形)		象	形
anagram		形象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ jing⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siong-hìn

  (Hailu, HRS): siong^˖ hin

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong⁴ hin²

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syorng⁵ hing² / syoeng⁵ hing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hêng / siǒng-hêng / chhiāng-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngsíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: syàng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqshyng
    • Palladius: сянсин (sjansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: jeuhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-hìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong hin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong⁴ hin²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ hin¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: siong^˖ hin
    • Sinological IPA: /sioŋ³³ hin⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiong⁴ hin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hin¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syorng⁵ hing²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siō̤ng-híng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyɒŋ¹¹ hiŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng⁵ hing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²¹ hiŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngheeng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: siǒng-hîng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiāng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiāng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxngheeng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/

Noun

象形

1. pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters (六書／六书 (liùshū)).

Derived terms

• 象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì)

See also

• 六書／六书 (liùshū)
• Category:Han pictograms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	形
しょう Grade: 5	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

象(しょう)形(けい) • (shōkei) 

1. (Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 pictograms.

See also

• Category:Han pictograms
• 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) (kaii, “compound ideograph”)
  • 転(てん)注(ちゅう) (tenchū, “derivative cognate”)
  • 仮(か)借(しゃ) (kasha, “phonetic loan”)

References

• “象形”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
象	形

Noun

象形 • (sanghyeong) (hangeul 상형)

1. hanja form^? of 상형 (“((Chinese character classification) pictogram, particularly in the sense of 六書”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
象	形

Noun

象形

1. chữ Hán form of tượng hình (“(Chinese character classification) pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書 (lục thư)”)