liùshū

Traditional: 六書

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]] (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: [[假借]] (loan), [[轉注|转注]] (transfer)