木, tree, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 木 express things related to plants, woody plants, wood products, etc. Continue reading “Component 木 tree”
Category: Character Components
Component 草 grass
草, grass, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 艹 grass express meanings related to plant such as grass, flowers, herbs, etc such as 芝, 芦, 苗, 芽, 芙, 花, 芥, 菜, 芒, 芳, 菜, 芍, 药, 苍, etc. Continue reading “Component 草 grass”
Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain
夌, originally a foot climbing a mountain, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain”
Component 舟 boat
舟, a pictographic character of boat, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 舟 express things related to boat or ship. 舟 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 舟 boat”
Component 疋 foot
疋 (pǐ, yǎ, shū), foot, servers as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 疋 express meanings related to the foot, foot movements or actions, etc. also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 疋 foot”