口, a pictographic character of mouth, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component mouth 口express things related to mouth, language, actions of mouth, or square things. 口 also can act as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component mouth 口”
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Component eye 目
目, a pictographic character of eye, mainly serves as semantic component to for characters. Characters formed by the semantic component eye 目 express things related to eyes, vision, actions of eyes, etc. Continue reading “Component eye 目”
刍 a hand holding a bunch of hay
刍, a compound ideograph of a hand holding a bunch of hay/grass, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 刍 have the same or similar pronunciation as 刍.
琴 a musical instrument
琴, cognate of 珡, a pictographic character of a musical instrument. 琴 is a general name for certain musical instruments. Continue reading “琴 a musical instrument”
壶 a kettle/pot
壶 is a pictographic character which depicts a kettle, with lid, body, handle and base.