2. Shi Zhi character is a kind of Chinese character which uses symbols to express its meaning on the basis of hieroglyphics. For example, the word "blade" is in the shape of Xiao Zhuan, and a little bit is added to the knife to indicate where the blade is. The original meaning is knife edge and knife edge. Among them, the word "knife" is a hieroglyph, and a dot on the word "knife" is a symbol. Another example is the word "up" and "down", with a horizontal line as the boundary, and a little or shorter short line on the horizontal line indicates the upper position, that is, the word "up"; And drawing a symbol under the horizontal line is the word "Xia".
3. Pictophonetic characters are Chinese characters composed of ideographic characters (pictographs) representing meaning categories and phonetic symbols (phonetic symbols) representing sound categories. For example, the word "material" sounds like wood. It means wood, wood. There are many ways to combine pictophonetic characters with phonetic symbols. Some shapes are on the left and sounds are on the right, such as the word "material" in the above example; Some shapes are on the right and sounds are on the left, such as the word "square"; Some are above and below, such as the word "tube"; Some shapes are next to the bottom, and sounds are on it, such as the word "box"; Some shapes are external and sounds are internal, such as the word "real"; Some shapes are inside and sounds are outside, such as the word "boring".
4. Pictograph is a kind of Chinese characters evolved from pictures, and it is the oldest Chinese font. For example, the word "Sun", Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Xiao Zhuan are shaped like the sun, and the outline is like the circle of the sun, in which a horizontal line or a dot represents the light of the sun. The original meaning is the sun. Another example is the word "wood" and the shape of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Like a tree. There are branches and leaves above, and roots below, which means trees.
Chinese character "Six Books"