长, a pictographic character of a man with long hair, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 长 a man with long hair”
Category: People
人 亻大 子 儿 女 夫 长 文 久 母 老 每 介 屰 考 孝 允 歹 去 卩 勹 尸 包 克 巨 夏 鬼 畏 免 㐬 身 異 A person standing up A person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead A man stretching out four limbs A baby wrapped in swaddling clothes A baby with a soft fontanel A mother A woman on her knees A bowing person with arms bent A man with tattoos on his back A person accepting moxibustion Residual bone of a person A person leaving from a hole A kneeling person A man wearing amor A man nodding his approval An adult male A man with long hair An inverted person An old man with a walking stick A youngster supporting or carrying an old person A demon An old person A man in hat A newborn baby A man wearing a mask Fetus A person shouldering things A man with a rule in hand A human figure representing a great man A ghost
Component 歹 residual bone of a person
歹, a pictographic character of residual bone of a person, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component express meanings related to death, funeral or damage such as 歼, 殁, 殃, 残, 殉, 死, 殡, etc. Continue reading “Component 歹 residual bone of a person”
Component 去 a person leaving from a hole or pit
去, originally a person leaving from a hole or pit, serves as semantic component as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 去 a person leaving from a hole or pit”
Component 文 tattoo
文, a pictographic character of a man with tattoos on his back, now expressed by 纹. Bone and bronze inscriptions of 文 depict a man with a tattooed chest. Continue reading “Component 文 tattoo”
Component 久 a person accepting moxibustion
久, a pictographic character of a person accepting moxibustion, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 久 a person accepting moxibustion”