犬, dog, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to dog or other animals.犬 is written as 犭in semantic-phonetic compounds. Continue reading “Component dog 犬”
Category: Character Components
Component sheep 羊
羊, sheep, serves as semantic or phonetic component. Continue reading “Component sheep 羊”
Component cattle 牛
牛, cattle, serves as semantic component. Continue reading “Component cattle 牛”
Component horse 马
马, horse, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component horse 马 are semantic left-phonetic right 驴, 驶, 驰, etc, and some are phonetic up – semantic down such as 驾, 骜, 驽. Continue reading “Component horse 马”
Component lizard 易
易, originally a lizard, a cognate of 蜴, means: 1.easy 2.friendly 3.to change 4.to exchange. 易 serves as phonetic component. Characters formed by the component lizard 易 have three structures: semantic left-phonetic right, phonetic left-semantic right, and semi-enclosure Continue reading “Component lizard 易”