儿, a pictographic character of a baby with a soft fontanel, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 儿 express meanings related to person, such as 兄, 党光, 先, 兀, 允, 兆, 兜, etc. Continue reading “Component 儿 a baby with a soft fontanel”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
尸 a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead
尸, a pictographic character of a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead during sacrificial rites in ancient times, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “尸 a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead”
Component 人 a person
人, a pictographic of a person, servers as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 人 relates to person such as 伞, 仑, 仓, 从, 会, 以, 余, etc. Continue reading “Component 人 a person”
Component 亻
亻, derived from the pictographic character 人, serves as semantic component to form characters. 亻is a super important component. Characters formed by the component 亻expresses meanings related to person, acts of person, names of person, characters of person, etc. Continue reading “Component 亻”
Component 幸 shackles
幸, a compound ideographic character of shackles, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 幸 shackles”