求, a cognate of 裘, is a pictographic character of a fur coat. 求 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 求 have the same pronunciation qiú. Characters formed by the phonetic component 求 球 裘 盚 梂 蛷 毬 逑 俅 莍 浗…
There are two versions for the original meaning of 尤: 1. a growing plant 2. hand. 尤 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 尤 犹 疣 鱿 沋 莸 肬 with the same pronunciation yóu 优 忧 with the same pronunciation yōu 蚘 扰 就…
臼, a pictographic character of a mortar used to husk or pestle rice, serves as semantic component to form characters. Also, it can serve phonetic component to form some characters. Characters formed by the semantic component mortar 臼 express things related to mortar or hand. In modern Chinese,…
