去, originally a person leaving from a hole or pit, serves as semantic component as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 去 a person leaving from a hole or pit”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 文 tattoo
文, a pictographic character of a man with tattoos on his back, now expressed by 纹. Bone and bronze inscriptions of 文 depict a man with a tattooed chest. Continue reading “Component 文 tattoo”
Component 久 a person accepting moxibustion
久, a pictographic character of a person accepting moxibustion, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 久 a person accepting moxibustion”
Component 子 a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes
子, a pictographic character of a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to children or extended meanings such as 孔, 孝, 字, 季, 孩, 孤, 孪, 学, 孙, 存, etc. Continue reading “Component 子 a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes”
Component 大 a man stretching out four limbs
大, a pictographic character of a man stretching out four limbs, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 大 express meanings related to person, something big or extended meanings such as 太, 夫, 天, 央, 奇. Continue reading “Component 大 a man stretching out four limbs”