03 independent characters(2)
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- Indicative characters
zhǐ shì zì• Indicative characters ( 指 事 字 ), which are also
called “simple ideograms”, express abstract meanings by simple symbols.
• Characters of this sort either add indicators to pictographs to make new meanings, or illustrate abstract concepts directly.
• The indicative characters are much fewer in number than the pictograms.
• In the examples below, low numerals are represented by the appropriate number of strokes:
shàng xiàIn the characters "上 "and "下 ", an iconic indication above and below a line is used to express the directions “up” and “down”.
shàng上 Up
xià下 Down
běn mòIn "本"(root) and "末"(treetop),a short string
underneath and a short string upside are respectively used to indicate the positions of a root and treetop.
zhōng 中 middle, centre
dà大 big
xiǎo 小 small
tài太 too,excessively
tiān 天 sky,day
yán 言 speech, word
huí 回 circle,return
Takk for i dag!
běn
本 root
mò末 top of tree - apex