亭, a pictographic character of a pavilion, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 亭 are in the left-right structure with 亭 on the right side. Continue reading “亭 a pavilion”
Category: Building/construction
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”
Component earthenware 瓦
瓦, a pictographic character of earthenware, can serve as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component earthenware 瓦 expresses meanings related to earthenwares, pottery production workers, surname which is an extended meaning, etc. It also can act as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component earthenware 瓦”
高 a tall building
高, a pictographic character of a tall building, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Some of the characters formed by the phonetic component tall building 高 have the same pronunciation. Continue reading “高 a tall building”
京 capital
京, a pictographic character of a capital-like building, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Mostly, the phonetic component capital 京 is on the right part of a character. Continue reading “京 capital”