帝, originally a flower stalk, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 帝 is a pictographic character. Continue reading “Component 帝 a flower stalk”
Category: Pictograms
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”
Component 果 fruit
果, a pictographic character of fruit, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 果 fruit”
Component 舟 boat
舟, a pictographic character of boat, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 舟 express things related to boat or ship. 舟 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 舟 boat”
Component toe 止
止, a pictographic character of toe, can act as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component toe 止 have to do with toe, foot, foot movements or actions. 止 can also serve as phonetic component to form characters, many of which have the same pronunciation as 止. Continue reading “Component toe 止”