卤, a pictographic character of a pot of salt, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component 卤 express meanings related to salt. Continue reading “Component 卤 a pot of salt”
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Component 员 look down at a cooking vessel
员, a compound character expressing the meaning of looking down at a cooking vessel, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 员 look down at a cooking vessel”
Component 我 weapon
我, originally a rake-like weapon or tool, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 我 weapon”
Component 克 a person shouldering things
克, a pictographic character of a person shouldering things, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 克 a person shouldering things”
Component corridor 良
良, corridor, porch, veranda, cognate of 廊, means: nice, good. 良 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component corridor 良 share the consonant l and the compound vowel iang or ang. Continue reading “Component corridor 良”