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.
Category: Pictograms
How is 臣 from? It is very lonely in Chinese!
臣 chén, originally meant “male slave”, is a character with very little “siblings” in Chinese characters. Totally, there are only seven characters composed of 臣: Continue reading “How is 臣 from? It is very lonely in Chinese!”
Pictogram of 止 foot, stop
止 came from the image of a foot, and its meaning was extended to “stop, only/just.” Commonly used phrases are 停止 stop and 不止 not only/just
Pictograms of the Chinese zodiac
The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac
Basic Chinese characters about nature
Basic Chinese Characters about nature I
Basic Chinese Characters about nature II
These basic Chinese Characters about nature can serve as semantic or phonetic components to form many different characters. Check the character components of natural phenomena