象形 xiàngxíng pictogram Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 象形文字 xiàngxíngwénzì hieroglyphics hieroglyphs; pictographic writing象形字 xiàngxíngzì pictogram A Chinese character derived from a picture of the object it represents; one of the [[六书|六書|liu4 shu1]] methods of character formation.