How the characters are created ?

Here is the list of the 6 ways called in Chinese the 六书 （liu4shu1）:

形声 (Xing2sheng1) Phono-semantic compound characters - PS

象形（xiang4xing2） Pictograms - Pic

指事 (zhi3shi44)Simple ideograms - SI

会意(Hui4yi4)Ideogrammic compounds - IC

假借 (Jia3jie4)Rebus (phonetic loan) characters - RC

转注(Zhuan3zhu4)Derivative cognates  - DC

For details, pleae click here or find it in the Powerpoint I used in class.

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