火, a pictographic character of fire, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 火 express meanings related to fire or light such as 灯灭灰灶灿灾灸炬炎炙烧灼. 火 can also serves as phonetic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 火 fire”
Category: Decode Characters
Component 云 cloud
云, a pictographic character of cloud, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 云 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 云 cloud”
Component 丘 mound
丘, a pictographic character of a mound, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 丘 express meanings related to hill or mound. Continue reading “Component 丘 mound”
土 a heap of soil
土, a pictographic character of a heap of soil, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 土 express meanings related to soil, earth, or land. Continue reading “土 a heap of soil”
水 water
水, a pictographic character of water, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 水 have to do with water or express extended meanings. Continue reading “水 water”