琴, cognate of 珡, a pictographic character of a musical instrument. 琴 is a general name for certain musical instruments. Continue reading “琴 a musical instrument”
Category: Decode Characters
壶 a kettle/pot
壶 is a pictographic character which depicts a kettle, with lid, body, handle and base.
Component 卤 a pot of salt
卤, a pictographic character of a pot of salt, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component 卤 express meanings related to salt. Continue reading “Component 卤 a pot of salt”
Component 克 a person shouldering things
克, a pictographic character of a person shouldering things, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 克 a person shouldering things”
Component corridor 良
良, corridor, porch, veranda, cognate of 廊, means: nice, good. 良 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component corridor 良 share the consonant l and the compound vowel iang or ang. Continue reading “Component corridor 良”