• 1. Pictographic
  • 2. Indicative
  • 3. Ideograph
  • 4. Synonym
  • 5. Borrowed
  • 6. Meaning-Sound
  • 7. Review

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Chinese Literacy Vol. 1

Ch 1 - Beginner Exercises

Choose the correct answer:

1. Characters that appear to be drawings of tangible objects belong to which category?

 Pictographs  Ideographs  Borrowed Characters

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2. Which of the following characters belong to the ideograph category?

 日

 明

 山

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3. Characters that have a "sound" component and a "meaning" component belong to which category?

 Borrowed Character  Meaning-Sound Character  Indicative Character

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4. Choose the correct category for each of the following characters:

A

 月

  Borrowed  Pictographic  Ideograph
B

 上

  Meaning-Sound  Indicative  Pictographic
C

 休

  Indicative  Ideograph  Synonym
D

 朋

  Borrowed  Ideograph  Pictograph
E

 糖

  Synonym  Pictograph  Meaning-Sound
F

 老

  Indicative  Synonym  Borrowed

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