Il existe 6 types de caractères en chinois :
1. Pictogrammes 象形字
_________________________________________________________________
2. Idéogrammes simples 指事字
_________________________________________________________________
3. Idéogrammes composés 会意字
_________________________________________________________________
4. Phonetic-Semantic Compounds 形声字
Semantic on the left, Phonetic on the right
– 油 – 蚊
—————————————————-
Phonetic on the Left, Semantic on the Right
期 – 功 – 刚
—————————————————–
Semantic on the top, Phonetic on the bottom
简 – 寄 – 空
——————————————————-
Phonetic on the top, Semantic on the bottom
想 – 桌 – 袋
——————————————————-
Semantic on the Inside, Phonetic on the Outside
问 – 闻 – 闷
——————————————————-
Phonetic on the Inside, Semantic on the Outside
园 – 阔 – 固
——————————————————
5. Transfer Characters 转注字
6. Loan Characters 假借字