仓, a pictographic character of granary, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component granary 仓 share the same vowels as ang, iang, and uang. Continue reading “Component granary 仓”
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户 single-leafed door
户, a pictographic character of single-leafed door, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 户 express meanings related to door, house, etc. Continue reading “户 single-leafed door”
Component door 门
门, a pictographic character of a door, serves as semantic component to form characters. It can also serve as phonetic component. Characters formed by the semantic component 门 express meanings related to door, construction, close, fight, etc, and also as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component door 门”
Component 广 house
广 (simplified from 廣), originally a house, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 广 have to do with house. Continue reading “Component 广 house”
Component 廴 walk
廴, originally from 彳, means: walk, go. 廴 serves as semantic component to form characters. In Chinese, 廴 is called 建字底. Characters formed by the component 廴 express meanings related to “go, walk, etc”. Continue reading “Component 廴 walk”