The original meaning of 由 is a small pathway leading to the fields. 由serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “由 small pathway leading to the fields”
Category: Walk/road/transport
乏 not straight
乏 is the reversed writing of 正, and the original meaning of 乏 is: not straight, skewed. 乏 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “乏 not straight”
正 a foot walking towards a destination
正, an indicative character, originally meant: a foot is walking towards a destination. 正 is composed of 一, an indicative sign; and 止, a foot. 正 mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “正 a foot walking towards a destination”
Component foot 足
足, a compound ideographic character of a foot, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 足 express meanings related to the foot, foot movements, foot actions, etc. 足 also serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component foot 足”
Component 廴 walk
廴, originally from 彳, means: walk, go. 廴 serves as semantic component to form characters. In Chinese, 廴 is called 建字底. Characters formed by the component 廴 express meanings related to “go, walk, etc”. Continue reading “Component 廴 walk”