爿, a pictographic character of the other half of a piece of chopped wood, serve as a semantic component to form characters. When 爿 serves as a semantic component, it expresses meanings related to wood such as 牃 dié, 牁 kē, etc. Continue reading “爿 the other half of a piece of chopped wood”
Category: Character Components
片 half of a piece of chopped wood
片, a pictographic character of half of a piece of chopped wood, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The other half of a piece of the chopped wood is 爿. Continue reading “片 half of a piece of chopped wood”
弋 a small spike
弋, originally a small spike, serves as a phonetic component to form characters or as a component without meanings. Continue reading “弋 a small spike”
干 a fork-like hunting equipment or weapon
干, a pictographic character of an ancient weapon resembling a fork-like stick used for hunting or in warfare, serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “干 a fork-like hunting equipment or weapon”
手 hand XII
, the twelfth variant of hand in Chinese, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Although there are not so many characters formed by this component, recognizing it helps you understand the meanings of the characters with this component. Continue reading “手 hand XII”