克, a pictographic character of a person shouldering things, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 克 a person shouldering things”
Category: Pictograms
Component earthenware 瓦
瓦, a pictographic character of earthenware, can serve as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component earthenware 瓦 expresses meanings related to earthenwares, pottery production workers, surname which is an extended meaning, etc. It also can act as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component earthenware 瓦”
Component 缶 an earthen pot with a lid
缶, a pictographic character of an earthen pot with a lid, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 缶 an earthen pot with a lid”
伞 umbrella
伞/傘 is a pictographic character of an umbrella. In modern Chinese, it can mean anything with the shape of umbrella such as parasol, parachute, etc.
Component mortar used to husk or pestle rice 臼
臼, a pictographic character of a mortar used to husk or pestle rice, serves as semantic component to form characters. Also, it can serve phonetic component to form some characters. Characters formed by the semantic component mortar 臼 express things related to mortar or hand. Continue reading “Component mortar used to husk or pestle rice 臼”