象形 xiàngxíng pictogram Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 象形文字 xiàngxíngwénzì hieroglyph stylized pictures representing words, especially those used in ancient Egyptian or Mayan writing象形字 xiàngxíngzì pictogram A Chinese character derived from a picture of the object it represents, forming one of the Six Methods (liushu) of character classification.