朿, originally a tree with thorns, is a cognate of 刺. It serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 朿 a tree with thorns”
Category: Cognates
Component stork 雚
雚 guàn, cognate of 鹳, a stork, serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component stork 雚”
Component lizard 易
易, originally a lizard, a cognate of 蜴, means: 1.easy 2.friendly 3.to change 4.to exchange. 易 serves as phonetic component. Characters formed by the component lizard 易 have three structures: semantic left-phonetic right, phonetic left-semantic right, and semi-enclosure Continue reading “Component lizard 易”
Component 免 a man in a hat
免, a pictographic character of a man in a hat, cognate with 冕, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 免 a man in a hat”