"Liu Shu" is also a word-making method in ancient China. In the Han Dynasty, scholars divided the formation and use of Chinese characters into six types, which were collectively called "Liu Shu". This is also the Liu Shu of Chinese characters. Reprinting is prohibited in this column, and it will be investigated! Six books are six laws summarized from the analysis of ancient Chinese character-making methods, that is, pictographic characters, signified characters, knowing characters, pictophonetic characters, transferred characters and borrowed characters. Now it is generally believed that the latter two (transferring notes and borrowing notes) have nothing to do with word-making. Ideographic characters are word-making methods to describe the shape of things, such as "sun, moon, mountain, sheep, horse", and they are all independent characters. Indicative characters are also all letter combinations. Knowledge is a word-making method in which two or more words are combined to express a new meaning, such as "Ming, Dan, Cai and Xiu". Pictophonetic characters account for about 80% of Chinese characters. Liu Shutong is a book written by Qi Min in the late Ming Dynasty, which was published in Fu Zi in the late Ming Dynasty. This is the purpose of this book. Therefore, Liu Shutong introduced the methods and examples of Chinese characters in China in detail on the basis of Liu Shutong. What does Liu Shutong mean by Chinese characters? Which six books are they? (Shangdu culture with pictures) Shangdu culture Bian Xiao recommended: The trouble of writing Chinese characters: China people can't write Chinese characters? The Evolution of Chinese Characters The Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters in China Eight Most Magical Chinese Characters in China