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  • 2. Indicative
  • 3. Ideograph
  • 4. Synonym
  • 5. Borrowed
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Chinese Literacy Vol. 1

Pictographic Characters

(

象形

xiàng xíng)

The earliest Chinese writing represented the form and essence of objects.





Sun character development picture

日

rì - sun





Moon character development picture

月

yuè - moon





Mountain character development picture

山

shān - mountain




River character development picture

川

chuān - river

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