英Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意(combined ideogram), 形聲(ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注(transfer)
法six catégories de caractères dans la nomenclature chinoise, Hexateuque
德Sechs Kategorien der Chinesischen Schrift (S)