[六书 / 六書, liù shū, ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨ]Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (radical plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借#94942[Add to Longdo]
[りくしょ;りきしょ;ろくしょ, rikusho ; rikisho ; rokusho](n) (1) (りくしょ, りきしょ only) the six classes of (kanji) characters; (2) Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)[Add to Longdo]