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”
Category: Pictograms
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”
Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage
才, a pictographic character of a plant in initial growth stage, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 才 serves as semantic component in the compound ideographic character 闭. Continue reading “Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage”