考, originally an old man with a walking stick, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 考 an old man with a walking stick”
Category: Character Components
Component 孝 a youngster supporting or carrying an old person
孝, a compound ideographic character of a youngster supporting or carrying an old person, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 孝 a youngster supporting or carrying an old person”
老 an old person
老, a pictographic character of an old person, serves as both a phonetic and a semantic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 老 are pronounced lǎo except 峔. Continue reading “老 an old person”
Component 每
每, a variant of 母 woman, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 每”
Component 母 mother
母, a pictographic character of a mother with breasts exposed, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 母 mother”