贝, a pictographic character of a seashell used as money, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 贝 express things related to money, trade or decoration such as 贠, 贷, 贩, 费, 贺, 赆, 贶, 贻, 赁, 赇, 贫, 貥, 贲, 贸, etc. 贝 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “贝 seashell”
Category: Decode Characters
Component 巢 a bird nest
巢, a pictographic character of a bird nest, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 巢 a bird nest”
Component 气 cloud
气, a pictographic character of cloud, air flow, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 气 express meanings related to gas or chemical elements in the form of gas such as 氢, 氰, 氮, 氯, 氥, 氧, 氚, etc. 气 can also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 气 cloud”
Component 雨 rain
雨, a pictographic character of rain, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 雨 express meanings related to rain, climate or weather such as 雪, 雾, 霹, 雳, 雷, 雹, 霉霄, 霏, 震, 霞, 露, 霾, etc. Continue reading “Component 雨 rain”
Component 川 river
川, a pictographic character of river, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 川 also serves as semantic component to form some characters.