屰, an inverted person, serves as both semantic and phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 屰express meanings related to inverse, rebellious, disobedient, towards, in advance. Continue reading “屰 an inverted person”
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Component 考 an old man with a walking stick
考, originally an old man with a walking stick, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 考 an old man with a walking stick”
老 an old person
老, a pictographic character of an old person, serves as both a phonetic and a semantic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 老 are pronounced lǎo except 峔. Continue reading “老 an old person”
Component 每
每, a variant of 母 woman, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 每”
Component 母 mother
母, a pictographic character of a mother with breasts exposed, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 母 mother”