xiàng​shì

simple ideograph

  • created sense approved 象事 · xiàng​shì · simple ideograph — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    象事

    xiàng​shì

    simple ideograph

    one of the methods of forming Chinese characters, representing abstract concepts through symbolic marks; same as a simple ideograph

    象 (literal) → 象 · xiàng · to imitate 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense