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”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
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”
Component leather 革
革, originally leather, hide, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to leather or leather products.
攵 hand VIII
A man holding a stick is with a cow. What is he doing? He is pasturing (牧). Check out the component 攵, the eighth variant of 手. Continue reading “攵 hand VIII”
廾 hand v
Use your two hands to unfasten a bolt, then you 开/open a door. 开 means “open” because of this part 廾.