Why are many Chinese families so fond of characters with 王 such as 珍, 琼, 琪, 珂, 环, 佩, 玑, 玛, 玥, 玹, 玨, 玲, 珑, 瑙, 珊, 瑚, 珍, 珠 etc when they name their children? Continue reading “Radical 王: 王 really has to do with King?”
Category: Decode Characters
Characters derived from tree 木
Can you imagine how many things are related to a tree? The basic characters derived from tree 木. Check out the component of 木.
Characters derived from person 人
If one person follows another person, what is it in Chinese? If three persons are together, what then? Where are 大, 天, 夫 from?
For further study of the component 人
Don’t miss out characters with cattle 牛?
Horses and cattle were very important domestic animals in the past. We have already learned characters with horse 马. How can we miss out characters with cattle 牛? Characters with 牛 certainly relate to cattle.
Characters with horse 马
Look how a horse 马 combines with other characters without change their pronunciations to form new characters. Of course the newly-formed characters’ meanings are all horse-related.
