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”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
李白/李荣浩
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”
水 water
水, a pictographic character of water, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 水 have to do with water or express extended meanings. Continue reading “水 water”
Component moon 月
月, the Moon, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. When月 serves as semantic component it is mainly on the right side of a character. Characters formed by the semantic component moon express meanings related to moon, light, time, weather, etc. Continue reading “Component moon 月”