Use your two hands to unfasten a bolt, then you 开/open a door. 开 means “open” because of this part 廾.
Category: Body parts
又 hand IV
又, a variant of 手, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 又 have to do with hand-related actions or hand-related extended meanings. Continue reading “又 hand IV”
手 hand XII
, the twelfth variant of hand in Chinese, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Although there are not so many characters formed by this component, recognizing it helps you understand the meanings of the characters with this component. Continue reading “手 hand XII”
ナ hand X
ナ is a variant of hand 手. Characters formed by the component ナ express things related to hand or extended meanings. Continue reading “ナ hand X”
殳 hand IX
殳 is derived from 手 hand. It serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 殳 express actions or hand-related extended meanings such as 毁, 役, and so on. Continue reading “殳 hand IX”