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六书

六书 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)
六 liù six / 6
六 lù used in place names
 书 Shū abbr. for 书经
 书 shū book / letter / document / CL:本,册,部 / to write
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