看她的温柔善良 来抚慰我的心伤
就让我回到家乡 再回到她的身旁
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Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component flesh 月
月, originally flesh, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component flesh 月 express things related to organs, limbs, veins, muscles, parts of the body, etc. Continue reading “Component flesh 月”
刍 a hand holding a bunch of hay
刍, a compound ideograph of a hand holding a bunch of hay/grass, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 刍 have the same or similar pronunciation as 刍.
寸 hand III
The component 寸, one of the variants of 手, serves as a semantic component to form associative compound ideographs 会意字 and also as a phonetic component to form phono-semantic characters. Continue reading “寸 hand III”
甬 a bell handle
As to the origin of 甬, there are two versions: 1. a bell handle; 2. a flower bud. 甬 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “甬 a bell handle”