Chinese

Noun

指事

1. (Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (shàng) above and 下 (xià) below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.

See also

• Category:Han ideograms
• 六書／六书 (liùshū)

Japanese

Noun

指事 ‎(hiragana しじ, romaji shiji)

1. (Chinese character classification) ideogram, particularly in the sense of 六書 ideogram. One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 above and 下 below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.

See also

• Category:Han ideograms
• 六書
• 象形
• 会意
• 形声
• 仮借
• 転注

Vietnamese

Noun

指事

1. Hán tự form of chỉ sự, “(Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (thượng) above and 下 (hạ) below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.”