雚 guàn, cognate of 鹳, a stork, serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component stork 雚”
Category: Animals
Component a perching bird on a nest 西
西, originally a bird perches on a nest, means: west(ern), westward, occident Continue reading “Component a perching bird on a nest 西”
Component swallow 燕
燕, a swallow, serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “Component swallow 燕”
Component mouse 鼠
鼠, mouse, rat, serves as semantic to express things related to mouse/rat, animals of rat family, or mouse-like animals, or phonetic component. Continue reading “Component mouse 鼠”
Component elephant 象
象, elephant, serves as phonetic or semantic component. Continue reading “Component elephant 象”