六りく書しょ

noun

the six classes of Chinese characters

Traditional classification of Chinese characters into six categories based on formation and usage: 象形 (pictographs), 指事 (ideographs), 会意 (compound ideographs), 形声 (phono-semantic compounds), 転注 (derivative cognates), and 仮借 (phonetic loans).

See also: 象形 · 指事 · 会意 · 形声 · 転注 · 仮借

• 六りく書しょは漢かん字じの成なり立たちを説せつ明めいする伝でん統とう的てきな分ぶん類るい法ほうです。

  The six classes of Chinese characters is a traditional classification system that explains the origins of kanji.

noun

the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters

Refers to six calligraphic or script styles, sometimes called 六体. Less commonly encountered than the classification sense.

See also: 六体

• 六りく書しょという語ごは、漢かん字じの六むっつの書しょ体たいを指さすこともあります。

  The term 六書 can also refer to the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters.

noun

Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)

Only with reading ろくしょ

Restricted to the reading ろくしょ. A specialized term in biblical studies.

• 「六ろく書しょ」は、ヘブライ語ご聖せい書しょの最さい初しょの六ろく書しょを指さすことがあります。

  六書 can refer to the first six books of the Hebrew Bible.