灬, a variant of 火 fire, serves as semantic component to form characters in the top-bottom structure. Characters formed by the component 灬 express meanings related to fire, hot, high temperature, light, etc such as 蒸, 煮, 焦烈, 热, 照, 熬, 熏, 熟, 烹, 煎. Continue reading “灬 fire”
Category: Character Components
Component 火 fire
火, a pictographic character of fire, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 火 express meanings related to fire or light such as 灯灭灰灶灿灾灸炬炎炙烧灼. 火 can also serves as phonetic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 火 fire”
冫ice
冫, variant of ice, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 冫express meanings related to “cool, cold, low temperature, etc” such as 冷, 冬, 凉, 冻, 冰, 寒, 凄, 凌, 凛, 凝, 冽, etc. Continue reading “冫ice”
Component 巠 flowing water
巠(坙), flowing water, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 巠 flowing water”
Component 云 cloud
云, a pictographic character of cloud, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 云 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 云 cloud”