Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology
Chinese Title
中文和日文字詞源：中文日文六書之解釋
Author Affiliation
Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College
English Abstract
This paper outlines Liùshū 六書 interpretations of Chinese character etymology to help co-create a better approach for educators in supporting character literacy development in students of the East Asian languages that utilize Chinese writing. The Liùshū 六書 Rikusho 六書approach to character instruction can be interpreted as a strategy to spark interest in western learners providing more detailed explanations that deal with the pictographic and compound nature of Chinese character formation. All non-English words are italicized or bolded, Chinese based terms are in Mandarin Pīnyīn 拼音, and Japanese terms are written in Romaji ローマ字 representing their differences phonetically to integrate foreign terminology.
Manuscript Language
English
Recommended Citation
Funk, William P.M.
(2019)
"Etymologies of Chinese Hànzì and Japanese Kanji: Explanations on Liùshū 六書 and Rikusho 六書,"
Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cltmt/vol2/iss2/6
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