匚, originally a box, serves as a semantic component to form characters that are related to square containers or other types of containers such as 匣, 匡, 匠,医, 匿, 匾, 匝, 匪, 区, etc. Continue reading “匚 left box”
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乏 not straight
乏 is the reversed writing of 正, and the original meaning of 乏 is: not straight, skewed. 乏 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “乏 not straight”
束 tied firewood
束, originally tied firewood/wood/timber, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. 束 is compound ideograph. Continue reading “束 tied firewood”
Component 曾 a cooker for steaming food
曾, originally a cooker for steaming food, serves as phonetic component and combines with other radicals to form new characters. Continue reading “Component 曾 a cooker for steaming food”
Component 畐 a jar
畐, originally a jar, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 畐 a jar”