非, originally two wings, can act as a phonetic component as well as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component two wings 非”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 垂
土 resembles dirt on the ground. 
（chuí）is a phonetic component and resembles flowers. Together, they symbolize stones and plants that were used in ancient times to delineate boundaries. The original meaning of 垂 was border area or frontier, a meaning that is now expressed by 陲. Continue reading “Component 垂”
Component 火 fire
火, a pictographic character of fire, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 火 express meanings related to fire or light such as 灯灭灰灶灿灾灸炬炎炙烧灼. 火 can also serves as phonetic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 火 fire”
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component snake 巴
巴, originally snake, means: to hope for anxiously; to expect; to cling to; to stick to. It serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “component snake 巴”