贝, a pictographic character of a seashell used as money, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 贝 express things related to money, trade or decoration such as 贠, 贷, 贩, 费, 贺, 赆, 贶, 贻, 赁, 赇, 贫, 貥, 贲, 贸, etc. 贝 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “贝 seashell”
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圭 tablet of jade
圭, a compound ideographic character of a tablet of jade, used for sacrifices or funerals. 圭 can serve as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “圭 tablet of jade”
Component 雪 snow
雪, snow, serves as phonetic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 雪 have the same pronunciation xuě. Continue reading “Component 雪 snow”
Component 雷 thunder
雷, a compound ideographic character of thunder, 雷 serves as phonetic component. In modern Chinese 雷 means: mine, radar experimental machine. Continue reading “Component 雷 thunder”
Component 昜 rays of the sun
昜, sun or rays of the sun, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 昜 rays of the sun”