Chinese character classification

the traditional etymological classification of hanzi into 6 categories: pictographs (象形), ideograms (指事), semantic–semantic compounds (會意), phono-semantic compounds (形聲), phonetic loans (假借), “derivative cognates” (轉注)
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Chinese character classification

Summary

Chinese character classification is a classification scheme[1]. It draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (classification_scheme category, ranking #52 of 112).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese character classification's instance of is recorded as classification scheme[3].
  • Chinese character classification's instance of is recorded as hexad[4].
  • Chinese character classification's subclass of is recorded as sinogram[5].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as ideographic pictogram[6].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as simple ideogram[7].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as phono-semantic compound character[8].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as Compound ideographs[9].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as Derivative cognates[10].
  • Chinese character classification's has part is recorded as rebus character[11].
  • Chinese character classification's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05rjpv[12].
  • Chinese character classification's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '六書'}[13].
  • Chinese character classification's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '六书'}[14].
  • Chinese character classification's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776235881[15].
  • Chinese character classification's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 138399[16].
  • Chinese character classification's items classified is recorded as Chinese characters[17].

Why It Matters

Chinese character classification draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (classification_scheme category, ranking #52 of 112).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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