山, a pictographic character of a mountain, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 山 express meanings related to mountain, stone, or tall things, etc. 山 also serves as phonetic component.
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Category: Decode Characters
Component 石 a rock at the foot of a cliff
石 a pictographic character of a rock at the foot of a cliff, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 石 express meanings related to earth, rock, or earth or rock related instruments. Continue reading “Component 石 a rock at the foot of a cliff”
Component 日 the sun
日, pictographic character of the sun, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 日 have to do with the sun, light, time, dryness, etc such as 明, 早, 晚, 旧, 旭, 时, 旷, 晒, 昆, 旺, 昏, 晕, 暖. Continue reading “Component 日 the sun”
Component stork 雚
雚 guàn, cognate of 鹳, a stork, serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component stork 雚”
Component lizard 易
易, originally a lizard, a cognate of 蜴, means: 1.easy 2.friendly 3.to change 4.to exchange. 易 serves as phonetic component. Characters formed by the component lizard 易 have three structures: semantic left-phonetic right, phonetic left-semantic right, and semi-enclosure Continue reading “Component lizard 易”