免, a pictographic character of a man in a hat, cognate with 冕, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 免 a man in a hat”
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㐬 a newborn baby
㐬, a newborn baby, shown upside down, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “㐬 a newborn baby”
Component 巫 tool used by a witch
巫, a pictographic character, serves as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 巫 tool used by a witch”
Component body 身
身, a pictographic character of a body, can act as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component body 身 have to do with body or actions related to body. 身 can also serves as phonetic component to form some characters.
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Component 異 a man wearing a mask
異, originally a man wearing a mask, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. There are just few characters formed by the component 異. Continue reading “Component 異 a man wearing a mask”