This paper outlines Liùshū六書interpretations of Chinese character etymology to help cocreate a better approach for educators in supporting character literacy development in students of the East Asian languages ...This paper outlines Liùshū六書interpretations of Chinese character etymology to help cocreate 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.展开更多
文摘This paper outlines Liùshū六書interpretations of Chinese character etymology to help cocreate 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.