若 is a pictographic character. The oracle bone script --new/048ruo/[2]jin(1).gif){kind=small}
depicts a woman tidying her hair with both hands, indicating that a woman is meek and obedient. Continue reading “若 a woman tidying her hair”
Category: Decode Characters
几 a long narrow table
几, a pictographic character of a long narrow table, serves as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “几 a long narrow table”
丩 tangled rope
丩, cognate of 纠, a pictographic character of a tangled rope, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “丩 tangled rope”
工 carpenter’s square
工, a pictographic character of a carpenter’s square or a bladed tool, serves as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form character. Continue reading “工 carpenter’s square”
辰 a hoe
辰, a pictographic character resembling a hoe held by a hand, serves mainly as a phonetic component to form characters. 辰 also serves as a semantic component to express meanings related to farm work. Another version for the origin of辰 is that it resembled a farming tool made of seashells. Continue reading “辰 a hoe”