草, grass, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 艹 grass express meanings related to plant such as grass, flowers, herbs, etc such as 芝, 芦, 苗, 芽, 芙, 花, 芥, 菜, 芒, 芳, 菜, 芍, 药, 苍, etc. Continue reading “Component 草 grass”
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Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain
夌, originally a foot climbing a mountain, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain”
Component 舟 boat
舟, a pictographic character of boat, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 舟 express things related to boat or ship. 舟 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 舟 boat”
Component 疋 foot
疋 (pǐ, yǎ, shū), foot, servers as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 疋 express meanings related to the foot, foot movements or actions, etc. also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 疋 foot”
Component 走 a running man with feet underneath
走, a compound ideographic character of a running man with feet underneath, means: walk, run, leave. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 走 express things related to walking, walking gestures, foot movements or actions, etc such as 赴, 起, 赶, 趁, 超, 越, 趋, 趃, 赳, 趔 and so on. 走 also acts as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 走 a running man with feet underneath”