王 wáng, a pictographic character of an axe, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Don’t mix it with the semantic component 玉. Continue reading “王 axe”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
Component 兵 a pair of hands holding a weapon
兵, a compound ideographic character of a pair of hands holding a weapon, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 兵 a pair of hands holding a weapon”
Component 弓 bow
弓, a pictographic character of a bow, serves as a semantic component to forms characters. The characters formed by the semantic component have to do with the bow. Continue reading “Component 弓 bow”
Component 刀 Knife
刀, a pictographic character of a knife, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 刀 express meanings related to the knife, such as 刮, 剃, 删, 削, 剖, 利, 罚, 别, 辨, 割, etc. 刀 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters such as 叨.
知音难觅
“知音难觅/知音難覓。A faithful friend is hard to find.”