禾, gain, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 禾 express meanings related to cereals or farming such as 秋, 种,积, 税, 穗, 秧, 稻, 嫁, 季, 稚, 委, etc. Continue reading “Component 禾 grain”
Category: Plants
Component 生 growing seedling
生, originally growing seedling or sprout, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 生 growing seedling”
Component 瓜 gourd/melon
瓜, gourd/melon, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 瓜 express meanings related to melons or vine plants. Continue reading “Component 瓜 gourd/melon”
Component 屯 a sprouting seed
屯, a compound ideographic character of a seedling, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 屯 a sprouting seed”
彗 a hand holding a broom made of bamboo
彗, a compound ideographic character of a hand holding a broom made of bamboo, serves as a phonetic component to form characters that have the same pronunciation as 彗. Continue reading “彗 a hand holding a broom made of bamboo”