我, originally a rake-like weapon or tool, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 我 weapon”
Category: Weapons/arms/war
弋 a small spike
弋, originally a small spike, serves as a phonetic component to form characters or as a component without meanings. Continue reading “弋 a small spike”
Component 幸 shackles
幸, a compound ideographic character of shackles, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 幸 shackles”
Component 备 container for arrows
备, a compound character of a container for arrows, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 备 container for arrows”
方 flag
方, a pictographic character of a flag, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or army such as 旗, 旅, 施, 旋, 族, 旌, etc. Continue reading “方 flag”