历, originally meant: walk through the woods. 厉 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 历 walk through the woods”
Category: Walk/road/transport
Component toe 止
止, a pictographic character of toe, can act as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component toe 止 have to do with toe, foot, foot movements or actions. 止 can also serve as phonetic component to form characters, many of which have the same pronunciation as 止. Continue reading “Component toe 止”
Component 辶 walk
辶, derived from 辵 walk, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辶 express meanings related to walking, distance, foot movements, etc such as 过, 迁, 迟, 进, 返, 迅, 速, 近, 运, 远, 还, and so on. Continue reading “Component 辶 walk”
Component 行 a street intersection
行, a compound ideographic character of a street intersection, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component express things related to street, place, connection, spreading, etc. Continue reading “Component 行 a street intersection”
Component 彳 road
彳, derived from 行, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 彳express meanings related to walking, road, distance, human behaviors, foot movements, etc. Continue reading “Component 彳 road”