川, a pictographic character of river, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 川 also serves as semantic component to form some characters.
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
灬 fire
灬, a variant of 火 fire, serves as semantic component to form characters in the top-bottom structure. Characters formed by the component 灬 express meanings related to fire, hot, high temperature, light, etc such as 蒸, 煮, 焦烈, 热, 照, 熬, 熏, 熟, 烹, 煎. Continue reading “灬 fire”
冫ice
冫, variant of ice, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 冫express meanings related to “cool, cold, low temperature, etc” such as 冷, 冬, 凉, 冻, 冰, 寒, 凄, 凌, 凛, 凝, 冽, etc. Continue reading “冫ice”
Component 巠 flowing water
巠(坙), flowing water, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 巠 flowing water”
Component 云 cloud
云, a pictographic character of cloud, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 云 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 云 cloud”