囱, a compound ideographic character of chimney, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component have the same pronunciation cōng. Continue reading “Component chimney 囱”
Category: Building/construction
Component 向 a North facing window
向, a pictographic character of a North facing window, serves as semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the phonetic component 向 share vowels iang and ang. Continue reading “Component 向 a North facing window”
Component granary 仓
仓, a pictographic character of granary, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component granary 仓 share the same vowels as ang, iang, and uang. Continue reading “Component granary 仓”
户 single-leafed door
户, a pictographic character of single-leafed door, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 户 express meanings related to door, house, etc. Continue reading “户 single-leafed door”
Component door 门
门, a pictographic character of a door, serves as semantic component to form characters. It can also serve as phonetic component. Characters formed by the semantic component 门 express meanings related to door, construction, close, fight, etc, and also as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component door 门”