网, a pictographic character of a net, serves as a semantic component to form characters. When it serves as a component, 网 is written as 罒. Continue reading “网 a net”
Category: Character Components
手 hand I
手, a pictographic character of hand, has eleven variants. 手 serves as a semantic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the semantic component 手 have the up-down structure such as 拳, 拿, 掌,挚, 掣, 挚, etc. Continue reading “手 hand I”
甲 buds open their outer shell in spring
甲 originally meant that “buds open their outer shell in spring”. It serves as a phonetic component to form characters. The position of 甲 in a character: left, right, bottom or inside. Continue reading “甲 buds open their outer shell in spring”
Component 尤 a growing plant
There are two versions for the original meaning of 尤: 1. a growing plant 2. hand. 尤 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 尤 a growing plant”
Component 寅 an arrow
寅, a pictographic character of an arrow, serves as phonetic component to form character. Continue reading “Component 寅 an arrow”