穴, a pictographic character of a cave, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component cave 穴 have to do with the cave, hole or extended meanings. Continue reading “穴 a cave”
Category: Decode Characters
Component 厂 a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff
厂, a pictographic character of a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 厂 express meanings related to cliff, mountain, stone, house, etc. Continue reading “Component 厂 a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff”
Component 入 a pointed object
入, a pictographic character of a pointed object, serves as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 入 a pointed object”
Component silk 丝 糹纟
丝, a compound ideographic character of silk, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component silk 丝 express things related to silk, rope, cotton, textile, color, etc such as 缝纫线绳纽级纺织纤维纱绿绸缎. Continue reading “Component silk 丝 糹纟”
求 a fur coat
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. Continue reading “求 a fur coat”