02 Pictograms

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Lesson 02 Independent characters (1) Pictograms

Transcript of 02 Pictograms

Lesson 02 Independent characters (1)

Pictograms

Independent characters and combined characters• Chinese characters can be divided into two categories:

independent characters and combined characters.

• Independent characters can subdivided into two kinds: pictograms and Simple ideograms.

• Combined characters can be subdivided into two kinds: Compound ideograms and pictophonetic characters.

Chinese charactershàn zì 汉 字

combined characterhé tǐ zì 合 体 字

independent charactersdú tǐ zì 独 体 字

Pictogramsxiàng xíng zì 象 形 字

(form imitation)

Simple ideogramszhǐ shì zì 指 事 字

(indication)

Compound ideograms huì yì zì会 意 字

(joined meaning)

Pictophonetic charactersxíng shēng zì 形 声 字

(form and sound)

• In fact, there are two other categories of Chinese characters

• They are small categories and less important. jiǎ jiè

Rebus characters - 假 借 (phonetic loan) zhuǎn zhù

Derivative cognate - 转 注 (reciprocal meaning)

xiàng xíng Pictograms ( 象 形 )

xiàng xíng • Pictograms ( 象 形 – form imitation) represent in

stylized form the things they refer to (such as animals, a person, or objects, etc.)

• Only 5% (about 500) of all Chinese characters belong to the pictographic kind - stylized drawings of the objects they represent.

• They are of crucial importance to the mastery of the structure of Chinese characters.

Changes of Pictograms Pronunciation Meaning

日 (rì) Sun

月 (yuè) Moon

目 (mù) Eye

木 (mù) Tree

山 (shān) Mountain

水 (shuǐ) water

What’s the difference between the pictographic characters and their modern version?• -- The characters are no longer imitations of things

they refer to, but in square forms;• -- The soft lines have been turned into solid strokes.

mù 木 tree, wood

hǔ虎 tiger

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