厂, a pictographic character of a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 厂 express meanings related to cliff, mountain, stone, house, etc. Continue reading “Component 厂 a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 入 a pointed object
入, a pictographic character of a pointed object, serves as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 入 a pointed object”
Component silk 丝 糹纟
丝, a compound ideographic character of silk, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component silk 丝 express things related to silk, rope, cotton, textile, color, etc such as 缝纫线绳纽级纺织纤维纱绿绸缎. Continue reading “Component silk 丝 糹纟”
求 a fur coat
求, a cognate of 裘, is a pictographic character of a fur coat. 求 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 求 have the same pronunciation qiú. Continue reading “求 a fur coat”
Component 衣 a piece of clothing
衣, a pictographic character of a piece of clothing, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 衣 express things related to cloth, fabric, textile, etc. Continue reading “Component 衣 a piece of clothing”