bird 鸟 mainly serves as semantic component though it can serve as phonetic component too. Characters formed by the semantic component bird express things related to bird, such as names of different birds. Continue reading “Component bird 鸟”
Category: Animals
Component fish 鱼
鱼, fish, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. Because fish 鱼 is an important food source, there are a fair number of characters formed by the semantic component fish 鱼. Totally there are about 300 characters with the semantic component fish 鱼. Continue reading “Component fish 鱼”
Component tortoise 龟
龟 resembles a tortoise and means tortoise. The tortoise’s feet are omitted in the simplified form. 龟 serves as semantic component. There is only one character formed by the component tortoise 龟. Continue reading “Component tortoise 龟”
Component couple or a pair 丽
丽 originally meant a pair, a couple, a meaning later represented by 俪. 丽 was extended to represent “beautiful”. The character resembles two deer skins and a deer head, i.e. things in pairs. 麗 has been simplified to 丽, with the component representing the deer’s head removed. It serves as phonetic component. There are just several characters formed by the phonetic component couple 丽. Continue reading “Component couple or a pair 丽”
Component small worm 肙
肙, a small worm, serves as phonetic component to form characters. There are just several characters formed by the component small worm 肙 Continue reading “Component small worm 肙”