孝, a compound ideographic character of a youngster supporting or carrying an old person, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 孝 a youngster supporting or carrying an old person”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Single Ladies
Component mane 巤
巤, originally mane, can act as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component mane 巤”
Component 备 container for arrows
备, a compound character of a container for arrows, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 备 container for arrows”
方 flag
方, a pictographic character of a flag, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or army such as 旗, 旅, 施, 旋, 族, 旌, etc. Continue reading “方 flag”