There are two versions for the original meaning of 尤: 1. a growing plant 2. hand. 尤 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 尤 a growing plant”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 寅 an arrow
寅, a pictographic character of an arrow, serves as phonetic component to form character. Continue reading “Component 寅 an arrow”
Component backbone 吕
呂吕, originally backbone, serves as a phonetic component to form characters with other semantic components. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component backbone 吕 have the same pronunciation lǚ. Continue reading “Component backbone 吕”
Component bone 骨
骨, originally bone, means: bone, skeleton, frame, framework. 骨 serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component bone 骨 express things related to bone or body. 骨also acts as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component bone 骨”
Component heart 心忄
心, originally heart, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component heart 心 or 忄express things related to feelings, temperament, thought, expression, or things related to mental activity. It can also act as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component heart 心忄”