走, a compound ideographic character of a running man with feet underneath, means: walk, run, leave. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 走 express things related to walking, walking gestures, foot movements or actions, etc such as 赴, 起, 赶, 趁, 超, 越, 趋, 趃, 赳, 趔 and so on. 走 also acts as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 走 a running man with feet underneath”
Category: Character Components
Component 历 walk through the woods
历, originally meant: walk through the woods. 厉 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 历 walk through the woods”
Component toe 止
止, a pictographic character of toe, can act as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component toe 止 have to do with toe, foot, foot movements or actions. 止 can also serve as phonetic component to form characters, many of which have the same pronunciation as 止. Continue reading “Component toe 止”
Component 辶 walk
辶, derived from 辵 walk, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辶 express meanings related to walking, distance, foot movements, etc such as 过, 迁, 迟, 进, 返, 迅, 速, 近, 运, 远, 还, and so on. Continue reading “Component 辶 walk”
Component 行 a street intersection
行, a compound ideographic character of a street intersection, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component express things related to street, place, connection, spreading, etc. Continue reading “Component 行 a street intersection”