玄, originally silk tie or knot for dyed silk, is pictographic character. 玄 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 玄 share compound vowels ian and uan. Continue reading “Component 玄 silk tie or knot for dyed silk”
Category: Character Components
Component 冒 a cloth hat
冒, a cloth hat, is a cognate of 帽. 冒 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 冒 have the same pronunciation mào. Continue reading “Component 冒 a cloth hat”
巨 a man with a rule/square in hand
巨, a pictographic character of a man with a rule/square in hand, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “巨 a man with a rule/square in hand”
凡 a plate
凡, a pictographic character. There are several versions as to the original meaning of this character, among which is the version that 凡 originally reprensented a plate. 凡 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “凡 a plate”
食 a food utensil
食, a compound ideograph resembling an ancient food utensil, serves as a semantic component to form characters such as 饥, 饿, 饭, 饮, 饲, 饼, 饺, 餐, 餍, 飨 and so on. Continue reading “食 a food utensil”