• 1. Pictographic
  • 2. Indicative
  • 3. Ideograph
  • 4. Synonym
  • 5. Borrowed
  • 6. Meaning-Sound
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Chinese Literacy Vol. 1

Ch 1 - Advanced Exercises

Choose the correct answer:

Matching:
1. Match the categories with their meanings.

A.  

象形

(xiàng xíng)

   1a. Synonym Characters
B.  

指事

(zhǐ shì)

   1b. Indicative Characters
C.  

會意

(huì yì)

   1c. Meaning-Sound Characters
D.  

形聲

(xíng shēng)

   1d. Pictograph Characters
E.  

轉注

(zhuǎn zhù)

   1e. Ideograph Characters
F.  

假借

(jiǎ jiè)

   1f. Borrowed Characters


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2. Match the modern form of each of the following pictographs with its ancient form.

A.  

日

  2a.
B.  

月

  2b.
C.  

山

  2c.
D.  

川

  2d.
E.  

木

  2e.


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Choose the correct answer(s):
3. Which of the following characters belong to the same category as the following character?

 糖

(táng)

漂

把

休

早


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Multiple Choice:

4. The character

 休

contains the components

 人

, and

 木

. Which category does

 休

(xiū) belong to?

Pictographic Character Synonym Character Ideograph Character

5. The character

 榆

contains the components

 木

, and

 俞

. Which category does

 榆

belong to?

Pictographic Character Meaning-Sound Character Borrowed Character

6. The meaning of the meaning-sound character

 杉

is most likely related to:

a species of tree a body of water a mountain humankind

7. What is the most likely sound of this character? 

汕

山

木

水

川

8. Which category does this character

 洋

(yáng, ocean) belong to?

Pictographic Character Borrowed Character Meaning-Sound Character


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