丁, a pictographic character of a nail, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “丁 a nail”
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业 a board on the musical stand
业, a pictographic character of the horizontal board fixed on the music stand used in ancient times. Its original meaning was extended to “profession, career, business, etc”. Continue reading “业 a board on the musical stand”
彗 a hand holding a broom made of bamboo
彗, a compound ideographic character of a hand holding a broom made of bamboo, serves as a phonetic component to form characters that have the same pronunciation as 彗. Continue reading “彗 a hand holding a broom made of bamboo”
Characters with component 四 still pronounced the same as 四
They all have a component 四 and have the same pronunciation as that of 四 sì Continue reading “Characters with component 四 still pronounced the same as 四”