之 originally meant: put the foot at the beginning place to go. It serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 之 go”
Category: Walk/road/transport
Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain
夌, originally a foot climbing a mountain, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 夌 a foot climbing a mountain”
Component 舟 boat
舟, a pictographic character of boat, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 舟 express things related to boat or ship. 舟 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 舟 boat”
Component 疋 foot
疋 (pǐ, yǎ, shū), foot, servers as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 疋 express meanings related to the foot, foot movements or actions, etc. also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 疋 foot”
Component 走 a running man with feet underneath
走, a compound ideographic character of a running man with feet underneath, means: walk, run, leave. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 走 express things related to walking, walking gestures, foot movements or actions, etc such as 赴, 起, 赶, 趁, 超, 越, 趋, 趃, 赳, 趔 and so on. 走 also acts as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 走 a running man with feet underneath”