斤 jīn, a pictographic character of an axe, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 斤 have to do with axe-alike tools or something related to the use of such tools, e.g. 斥, 斧, 斩, 断, 斯, 斫, 新, etc. Continue reading “斤 an axe”
Category: Decode Characters
矛 a spear
矛 máo, a pictographic character of a spear, serves as both semantic and phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 矛 have to do with spears. Continue reading “矛 a spear”
车 a chariot
车 chē, a pictographic character of an ancient chariot, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 车 have to do with vehicles such as 轮, 转, 轨, 较, 轩, 辕, 轴, 辆, 辗, 辙, etc. Continue reading “车 a chariot”
亭 a pavilion
亭, a pictographic character of a pavilion, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 亭 are in the left-right structure with 亭 on the right side. Continue reading “亭 a pavilion”
People live in the mountains
I’m character very different from the common ones, because I like to live alone in the mountains to stay far away from the noisy world. Do you know who I am? Continue reading “People live in the mountains”