方, a pictographic character of a flag, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or army such as 旗, 旅, 施, 旋, 族, 旌, etc. Continue reading “方 flag”
Category: Pictograms
Component 辛 knife
辛, a pictographic character of a knife, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辛 have to do with crime, criminal law, spicy things, etc such as 辨, 辞, 辣, 辟, 辫, 辜, 辠, etc. Continue reading “Component 辛 knife”
Component 矢 arrow
矢 shǐ, a pictographic character of an arrow, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 矢 have to do with arrows such as 矩, 矫, 矬, 矮, 短, 疾, 雉, etc. Continue reading “Component 矢 arrow”
王 axe
王 wáng, a pictographic character of an axe, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Don’t mix it with the semantic component 玉. Continue reading “王 axe”
Component 弓 bow
弓, a pictographic character of a bow, serves as a semantic component to forms characters. The characters formed by the semantic component have to do with the bow. Continue reading “Component 弓 bow”