老, a pictographic character of an old person, serves as both a phonetic and a semantic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 老 are pronounced lǎo except 峔. Continue reading “老 an old person”
Category: Decode Characters
Component 母 mother
母, a pictographic character of a mother with breasts exposed, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 母 mother”
Component 介 a man wearing armor
介, a pictographic character of a man wearing armor, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 介 a man wearing armor”
Component 夫 adult male
夫, a pictographic character of an adult male, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. 夫 also serves as semantic component to form few compound ideographic characters. Continue reading “Component 夫 adult male”
Component 长 a man with long hair
长, a pictographic character of a man with long hair, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 长 a man with long hair”