丁, a pictographic character of a nail, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “丁 a nail”
Category: Decode Characters
高 a tall building
高, a pictographic character of a tall building, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Some of the characters formed by the phonetic component tall building 高 have the same pronunciation. Continue reading “高 a tall building”
京 capital
京, a pictographic character of a capital-like building, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Mostly, the phonetic component capital 京 is on the right part of a character. Continue reading “京 capital”
Component 向 a North facing window
向, a pictographic character of a North facing window, serves as semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the phonetic component 向 share vowels iang and ang. Continue reading “Component 向 a North facing window”
Component granary 仓
仓, a pictographic character of granary, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component granary 仓 share the same vowels as ang, iang, and uang. Continue reading “Component granary 仓”