乇, originally a plant stem bearing leaves, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 乇 a plant stem bearing leaves”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage
才, a pictographic character of a plant in initial growth stage, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 才 serves as semantic component in the compound ideographic character 闭. Continue reading “Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage”
Component 果 fruit
果, a pictographic character of fruit, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 果 fruit”
Component 林 forest
林, a compound ideograph of the forest, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the sematic component 林 have to do with the tree. Continue reading “Component 林 forest”
Component 木 tree
木, tree, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 木 express things related to plants, woody plants, wood products, etc. Continue reading “Component 木 tree”