巾, a pictographic of a piece of cloth, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 巾 express things related to cloth, textile, etc. Continue reading “Component 巾 a piece of cloth”
Category: Pictograms
业 a board on the musical stand
业, a pictographic character of the horizontal board fixed on the music stand used in ancient times. Its original meaning was extended to “profession, career, business, etc”. Continue reading “业 a board on the musical stand”
Component 韭 chives
韭, a pictographic character of chives, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 韭 chives”
Component two wings 非
非, originally two wings, can act as a phonetic component as well as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component two wings 非”
Component 帝 a flower stalk
帝, originally a flower stalk, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 帝 is a pictographic character. Continue reading “Component 帝 a flower stalk”