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指事字

zhǐ shì zì

3-character word

What 指事字 means

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

The characters in 指事字

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 字zìletter; symbol; character

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǐ shì zì correctly.
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