{"id":7612,"date":"2017-11-10T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T04:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2022-06-03T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:07:23","slug":"lets-get-abstract-with-chinese-ideograms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/lets-get-abstract-with-chinese-ideograms\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Get Abstract With Chinese Ideograms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Simple Chinese Ideograms or Ideographs were the <\/span>second type of character that were developed<\/span><\/a> after pictographs. Pictographs are characters that look very similar to the word they describe, such as \u53e3 ‘mouth’ and \u624b ‘hand’. Ideograms, on the other hand are known as <\/span>\u6307\u4e8b<\/span><\/a> (zh\u01d0 sh\u00ec) or \u2018indirect characters\u2019 and are often symbolic characters depicting abstract concepts. Meaning, they are difficult to draw or express because they are often not a physical object. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the time, these characters were developed from pictographs with additional lines and dots to create a new concept.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some of the most common ideograms for you to learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number Ideograms<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some of the simplest Chinese ideograms are numbers. The following characters originally use or used lines to symbolically represent a number.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e00<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>y\u012b) one \/ 1 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u4e8c<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>\u00e8r) two \/ <\/span>2<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u4e09<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>s\u0101n<\/span>) three \/ 3<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u56db<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>s\u00ec)<\/span> four \/ 4<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Directional Ideograms<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a (sh\u00e0ng) on top \/ upon \/ above <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a<\/span><\/a> (sh\u00e0ng) Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Originally, this character was simply a horizontal line with a dot above it. The horizontal line represents the ground and the dot, or later the vertical line, symbolically suggests an \u2018up\u2019 direction.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u665a\u4e0a\u4f60\u8fc7\u6765\u5403\u665a\u996d\u5417<\/span><\/a>\uff1f(<\/span>w\u01cen<\/span> shang <\/span>n\u01d0 <\/span>gu\u00f2<\/span> l\u00e1i <\/span>ch\u012b <\/span>w\u01cen<\/span> f\u00e0n ma?) Do you want to come over to have dinner tonight?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a<\/span> (sh\u00e0ng) Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a (<\/span>sh\u00e0ng)<\/span> bigrams often refer to something being \u2018on\u2019 or \u2018above\u2019:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a\u6d77<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>sh\u00e0ng<\/span> h\u01cei) Shanghai (lit: on the water)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5730\u4e0a<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>d\u00ec<\/span> shang) on the floor<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a\u53bb<\/span><\/a> (sh\u00e0ng q\u00f9) to go up<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0b (xi\u00e0) down \/ downwards \/ below<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0b<\/span><\/a> (xi\u00e0) Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Similarly to \u4e0a, the horizontal line suggests the ground and the dot or line below it shows a \u2018downward\u2019 direction.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6211\u60f3\u4e0b\u53bb\u5e2e\u4ed6\u62ff\u4e1c\u897f<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>w\u01d2 xi\u01ceng <\/span>xi\u00e0<\/span> qu <\/span>b\u0101ng t\u0101 <\/span>n\u00e1 <\/span>d\u014dng<\/span> xi) I want to go downstairs to help her get something.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0b (xi\u00e0) Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0a bigrams usually involve something being below or making a downward motion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0b\u6765<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>xi\u00e0<\/span> lai) to come down<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5750\u4e0b<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>zu\u00f2<\/span> xia) sit down<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0b\u9762<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>xi\u00e0<\/span> mian) below<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese Ideograms Using the \u2018Tree\u2019 Radical<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both of these ideograms were developments of the \u2018tree\u2019 <\/span>\u6728<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>m\u00f9)<\/span> radical:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672c (b\u011bn) root \/ origin \/ classifier for books<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u672c<\/span><\/a> (b\u011bn) Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This character takes the pictograph character for ‘tree’ and with the addition of a line at the base of the character indicates the \u2018root\u2019 of a tree. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8fd9\u672c\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u4e66<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>zh\u00e8 <\/span>b\u011bn <\/span>sh\u00ec <\/span>n\u01d0<\/span> de <\/span>sh\u016b) This is your book.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672c<\/span><\/a> (b\u011bn) Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u672c<\/a> (b\u011bn) bigrams are connected to paper items and suggest ‘origins’:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672c\u62a5<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>b\u011bn<\/span> b\u00e0o) this newspaper<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u57fa\u672c<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>j\u012b<\/span> b\u011bn) fundamentally \/ basic<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672c\u6765<\/span><\/a> (b\u011bn<\/span> l\u00e1i) originally <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672b (m\u00f2) tip \/ end <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u672b<\/span><\/a> (m\u00f2) Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is the reverse of \u672c and has an additional stroke at the top of the character to depict the \u2018tip\u2019 or \u2018end\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4ed6\u5728\u5468\u672b\u770b\u4e86\u51e0\u90e8\u6050\u6016\u7247<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>t\u0101 <\/span>z\u00e0i <\/span>zh\u014du<\/span> m\u00f2 k\u00e0n le <\/span>j\u01d0 b\u00f9 <\/span>k\u01d2ng<\/span> b\u00f9<\/span> pi\u00e0n) He watched several scary movies over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672b (m\u00f2) Bigrams<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u672b (m\u00f2) bigrams suggesting the ‘end’ of something:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5468\u672b<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>zh\u014du<\/span> m\u00f2) weekend (lit: week end)<\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6708\u672b<\/span><\/a> (yu\u00e8<\/span> m\u00f2) end of the month<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u672b\u671f<\/span><\/a> (m\u00f2 q\u012b) end (of a period)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Chinese Ideographs<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u5203 (r\u00e8n) knife edge<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u5203<\/span><\/a> (r\u00e8n) Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u5203 <\/span>(r\u00e8n)<\/span> comes from the \u2018knife\u2019 character \u5200 (<\/span>d\u0101o)<\/span> with the addition of a \u70b9 stroke to suggest the \u2018edge\u2019 of a knife.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c60\u592b\u9700\u5229\u5203<\/span><\/a>\u3002 (<\/span>t\u00fa<\/span> f\u016b x\u016b <\/span>l\u00ec<\/span> r\u00e8n) A butcher needs sharp blades.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5203 (r\u00e8n) Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u5203 (r\u00e8n) bigrams are largely associated with knives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5200\u5203<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>d\u0101o<\/span> r\u00e8n) knife blade<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u53cc\u5203<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>shu\u0101ng<\/span> r\u00e8n) double-edged blade<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5229\u5203<\/span><\/a> (l\u00ec<\/span> r\u00e8n) sharp blade<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a (ch\u01d0) a Chinese foot (measurement)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>ch\u01d0)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An additional line on the character for corpse \u5c38 suggesting the \u2018foot\u2019 of a body.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5404\u79cd\u5916\u5f62\u548c\u5c3a\u5bf8\u7684\u81ea\u884c\u8f66\u90fd\u6709<\/span><\/a>\u3002 (<\/span>g\u00e8<\/span> zh\u01d2ng <\/span>w\u00e0i<\/span> x\u00edng h\u00e9 <\/span>ch\u01d0<\/span> cun de <\/span>z\u00ec<\/span> x\u00edng<\/span> ch\u0113 d\u014du <\/span>y\u01d2u) Bikes come in all shapes and sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a (<\/span>ch\u01d0)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a (ch\u01d0) bigrams are measurement related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u516c\u5c3a<\/span><\/a>  (<\/span>g\u014dng<\/span> ch\u01d0) a meter<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a\u5bf8<\/span><\/a> (ch\u01d0<\/span> cun) size \/ measurement<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a\u5b50<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>ch\u01d0<\/span> zi) ruler<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7518 (g\u0101n) sweet \/ willing<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u7518 (g\u0101n)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u7518 <\/span>is a combination of the mouth radical \u53e3 and a \u2018sweet\u2019 thing in the mouth represented by the additional \u4e00 \u2018heng\u2019 stoke. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u82e6\u5c3d\u7518\u6765<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>k\u01d4<\/span> j\u00ecn<\/span> g\u0101n<\/span> l\u00e1i) <\/span>All sufferings have their reward (idiom: <\/span>bitterness finishes, sweetness begins)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7518 (g\u0101n)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u7518 (g\u0101n) bigrams are a mixed bag, but if you’re sweet, you’re willing (?):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e0d\u7518<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>b\u00f9<\/span> g\u0101n) unwilling<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7518\u8083<\/span><\/a> (g\u0101n<\/span> s\u00f9) Gansu Province<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7518\u751c<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>g\u0101n<\/span> ti\u00e1n) sweet<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16 (sh\u00ec) life \/ age \/ generation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16 (sh\u00ec)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The origin of this character is not completely known, although it is thought to have come from the character for 30  <\/span>\u5345<\/span><\/a>, which was said to be the length of 1 generation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4ed6\u51fa\u751f\u4e8e21\u4e16\u7eaa<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>t\u0101 ch\u016b<\/span> sh\u0113ng <\/span>y\u00fa 21 <\/span>sh\u00ec<\/span> j\u00ec) He was born in the 21st Century.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16 (sh\u00ec)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16 (sh\u00ec) bigrams are associated with life and time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16\u754c<\/a> (sh\u00ec ji\u00e8) world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e16\u7eaa<\/span><\/a> (sh\u00ec<\/span> j\u00ec) century<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5728\u4e16<\/span><\/a> (z\u00e0i<\/span> sh\u00ec) to be alive<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8840 (xu\u00e8) blood<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u8840<\/span><\/a> (xu\u00e8)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The original description of this ideogram was a container used to catch the blood of livestock during a sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4ed6\u63a5\u53d7\u4e86\u8f93\u8840<\/span><\/a>\u3002(<\/span>t\u0101 ji\u0113<\/span> sh\u00f2u le <\/span>sh\u016b<\/span> xu\u00e8) He was given a blood transfusion.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8840 (xu\u00e8)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u8840 (xu\u00e8) bigrams are connected to blood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6d41\u8840<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>li\u00fa<\/span> xu\u00e8) to shed blood<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8840\u7ba1<\/span><\/a> (xu\u00e8<\/span> gu\u01cen) vein<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8840\u538b<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>xu\u00e8<\/span> y\u0101) blood pressure<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u97f3 (y\u012bn) sound \/ noise<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u97f3<\/span><\/a> (y\u012bn)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018sound\u2019 character shows a \u2018tongue\u2019 sticking out of a mouth making a \u2018noise\u2019. The character <\/span>\u8a00<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>y\u00e1n) \u2018words\u2019<\/span> comes from similar origins, just with one more stroke. The meaning is that \u2018words\u2019 are spoken from the heart. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4f60\u542c\u89c1\u90a3\u4e2a\u602a\u58f0\u97f3\u4e86\u5417<\/span><\/a>\uff1f (<\/span>n\u01d0 <\/span>t\u012bng<\/span> ji\u00e0n n\u00e8i<\/span> g\u00e8 gu\u00e0i <\/span>sh\u0113ng<\/span> y\u012bn le ma?) Did you hear that weird noise?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u97f3 (y\u012bn)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u97f3 (y\u012bn) bigrams often have something to do with sound:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u58f0\u97f3<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>sh\u0113ng<\/span> y\u012bn) voice \/ sound<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u97f3\u4e50<\/span><\/a> (y\u012bn<\/span> yu\u00e8) music<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5f55\u97f3<\/span><\/a> (l\u00f9<\/span> y\u012bn) <\/span>to record sound<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8 (c\u00f9n) a unit of length \/ inch \/ thumb<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8 (c\u00f9n)<\/span> Ideogram and Meaning<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8 <\/span>(c\u00f9n)<\/span> shows a hand and a \u2018marker\u2019 pointing to the wrist which is approximately an \u2018inch\u2019 away.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5e2e\u5fd9\u91cf\u4e00\u4e0b\u8fd9\u6728\u677f\u7684\u5c3a\u5bf8\u597d\u5417<\/span><\/a>\uff1f(<\/span>b\u0101ng<\/span> m\u00e1ng li\u00e1ng <\/span>y\u012b <\/span>xi\u00e0 zh\u00e8 m\u00f9<\/span> b\u01cen de ch\u01d0<\/span> cun <\/span>h\u01ceo ma?) Can you help me measure the board?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8 (c\u00f9n)<\/span> Bigrams<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8 (c\u00f9n) bigrams often relate to measurements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c3a\u5bf8<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>ch\u01d0<\/span> cun) measurement<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u82f1\u5bf8<\/span><\/a> (y\u012bng<\/span> c\u00f9n) inch<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5bf8\u8109<\/span><\/a> (c\u00f9n<\/span> m\u00e0i) pulse taken on the wrist<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simple Chinese Ideograms or Ideographs were the second type of character that were developed after pictographs. Pictographs are characters that look very similar to the word they describe, such as \u53e3 ‘mouth’ and \u624b ‘hand’. Ideograms, on the other hand are known as \u6307\u4e8b (zh\u01d0 sh\u00ec) or \u2018indirect characters\u2019 and are often symbolic characters depicting abstract concepts…. 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