【shoukei しょうけい 象形 in Japanese】
日語：象形
英語：sketch pictograph
品詞：Kanji compound / 熟語
意味：Shoukei (象形) means sketching and tracing something.
音声：
解説：
Kanji
象 means "visualize."
Kanji
形 means "shape."
Shoukei is one of the
six ways of Kanji creation (六書).
Shoukei Kanji is a simplified sketch of the object it represents.
For example, Kanji
火 is a simplified sketch of the fire.
Kanji
木 is a simplified sketch of the tree.
Kanji
山 is a simplified sketch of the mountain.
【象形漢字一覧 shoukei Kanji list】
| 漢字 | かな | meaning |
|---|
| 火 | ひ | fire |
| 水 | みず | water |
| 日 | にち | day |
| 月 | つき | month |
| 木 | き | tree |
| 山 | やま | mountain |
| 目 | め | eye |
| 耳 | みみ | ear |