门, a pictographic character of a door, serves as semantic component to form characters. It can also serve as phonetic component. Characters formed by the semantic component 门 express meanings related to door, construction, close, fight, etc, and also as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component door 门”
Category: Pictograms
穴 a cave
穴, a pictographic character of a cave, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component cave 穴 have to do with the cave, hole or extended meanings. Continue reading “穴 a cave”
Component 厂 a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff
厂, a pictographic character of a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 厂 express meanings related to cliff, mountain, stone, house, etc. Continue reading “Component 厂 a primitive cave on the edge of a cliff”
Component 入 a pointed object
入, a pictographic character of a pointed object, serves as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 入 a pointed object”
求 a fur coat
求, a cognate of 裘, is a pictographic character of a fur coat. 求 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 求 have the same pronunciation qiú. Continue reading “求 a fur coat”