"六书"是中国古代对汉字的构成和使用方式进行归纳的六种类型，这个概念首次出现在《周礼·地官·保氏》。这六种类型分别是：
1、象形：通过描绘客观事物的形态来表达字义，例如“日”字像一个圆形，中间有一点，很像我们在直视太阳时，所看到的形态。
2、指事：当没有、或不方便用具体形象画出来时，就用一种抽象的符号来表示，例如“上”、“下”二字则是在主体“一”的上方或下方画上标示符号。
3、会意：两个或多个独体字的形式和意义组合起来合成一个字，例如“明”由“日”和“月”组成。
4、形声：通过形旁（又称形符）和声旁（又称声符）来表达字义，例如“樱”字，形旁是“木”，表示它是一种树木，声旁是“婴”，表示它的发音与“婴”字一样。
5、转注：把某个汉字的意思转作其他意思，例如“命令”的“令”字，即可当作“长官”之意使用，又可用来转用称呼像“县令”那样身居一定官职或地位的人。
6、假借：没有相对应的汉字的情况下借用相同读音的其他汉字，例如“华”代表“花”。
这些方法是中国古代文人学习和应用汉字的基本方法。当有了“六书”这系统以后，人们再造新字时，都以这系统为依据。这些方法有助于人们理解和记忆汉字，并在写作和阅读中更准确地表达意思。
"Six books" are the six types of the composition and use of Chinese characters in ancient China. This concept first appeared in Zhou Li, Di Guan, Bao Shi. The six types are:
1, pictographic: by describing the form of objective things to express the meaning of the word, for example, the word "day" is like a circle, with a point in the middle, much like the form we see when we look directly at the sun.
2, pointing: when there is no, or it is not convenient to draw with a specific image, it is expressed with an abstract symbol, such as "up" and "down" the two words are painted above or below the main body "one".
3, understanding: the form and meaning of two or more single characters are combined to synthesize a word, such as "Ming" composed of "day" and "month".
4, shape and sound: through shape (also known as shape character) and sound (also known as sound character) to express the meaning of the word, such as "cherry" word, shape is "wood", indicating that it is a tree, sound is "baby", indicating that its pronunciation is the same as "baby" word.
5, Note: The meaning of a Chinese character into other meanings, such as "order" "ling" can be used as the meaning of "officer", but also can be used to address people who hold a certain official position or status like "county magistrate".
6, false: there is no corresponding Chinese characters to borrow the same pronunciation of other Chinese characters, such as "Hua" for "flower".
These methods are the basic methods for the ancient Chinese literati to learn and apply Chinese characters. After the "Six books" system was developed, people created new characters based on this system. These methods help people understand and remember Chinese characters and express meaning more accurately in writing and reading.