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”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
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.
Component 冒 a cloth hat
冒, a cloth hat, is a cognate of 帽. 冒 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 冒 have the same pronunciation mào. Continue reading “Component 冒 a cloth hat”
弋 a small spike
弋, originally a small spike, serves as a phonetic component to form characters or as a component without meanings. Continue reading “弋 a small spike”