枼(葉), leaf, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component are pronounced dié, yè or xiè. Continue reading “Component 枼 leaf”
Category: Character Components
Component 耑 a sprouting plant
耑, a sprouting plant, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 耑 a sprouting plant”
Component 韭 chives
韭, a pictographic character of chives, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 韭 chives”
Component two wings 非
非, originally two wings, can act as a phonetic component as well as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component two wings 非”
Component 垂
土 resembles dirt on the ground. 
（chuí）is a phonetic component and resembles flowers. Together, they symbolize stones and plants that were used in ancient times to delineate boundaries. The original meaning of 垂 was border area or frontier, a meaning that is now expressed by 陲. Continue reading “Component 垂”