兔, rabbit, hare, serves as semantic or phonetic component. When used as semantic component, it expresses meanings related to rabbit/hare or the extended meanings. Continue reading “Component rabbit 兔”
Category: Animals
Component frog 黾
黾, originally frog, now means: to strive; to endeavor. It serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component frog 黾”
Component beast 豸
豸, beast, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to animals, mostly names of beast. Continue reading “Component beast 豸”
Component pig 豕
豕, pig, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to pig, or pig-related extended meanings. Continue reading “Component pig 豕”
Component dog 犬
犬, dog, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to dog or other animals.犬 is written as 犭in semantic-phonetic compounds. Continue reading “Component dog 犬”