金/钅metal and 隹 a bird compose 锥 an awl. An awl 锥 is made of metal 金/钅and it gradually gets thicker from the tip to the end ( like the shape of a bird’s beak ). Continue reading “锥 doesn’t look like the beak of a bird?”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
摸 when it gets dark one grope his/her way
The sun sets in the bushes when the night falls. This was the original meaning of 莫. 暮 was created to substitute 莫 for that meaning and the meaning of 莫 was changed to “no/not/none” Continue reading “摸 when it gets dark one grope his/her way”
氵 water
氵, derived from 水, serves as semantic component to form characters. 氵 is an extremely important component because it can form more than one thousand characters. Characters formed by the component 氵 have to do with water such as 江河流海洋澡沐浴泪. Continue reading “氵 water”
How to use the comma 怎样使用逗号？
The comma in Chinese is the most frequently used punctuation mark. Furthermore, it’s also the most difficult to use among all the punctuation marks in Chinese. Continue reading “How to use the comma 怎样使用逗号？”
How to use the period 句号的用法
The punctuation mark 句号 “。” a full stop or a period is adopted at the end of a sentence. So, in which cases we use a period in Chinese? Continue reading “How to use the period 句号的用法”