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象形字

xiàng xíng zì

3-character word

What 象形字 means

1. pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)
2. Chinese character derived from a picture
3. sometimes called hieroglyph

The characters in 象形字

• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 字zìletter; symbol; character

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàng xíng zì correctly.
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