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”
Category: Pictograms
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”
Component 刀 Knife
刀, a pictographic character of a knife, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 刀 express meanings related to the knife, such as 刮, 剃, 删, 削, 剖, 利, 罚, 别, 辨, 割, etc. 刀 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters such as 叨.