手, a pictographic character of hand, has eleven variants. 手 serves as a semantic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the semantic component 手 have the up-down structure such as 拳, 拿, 掌,挚, 掣, 挚, etc. Continue reading “手 hand I”
Category: Pictograms
Component 寅 an arrow
寅, a pictographic character of an arrow, serves as phonetic component to form character. Continue reading “Component 寅 an arrow”
Component backbone 吕
呂吕, originally backbone, serves as a phonetic component to form characters with other semantic components. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component backbone 吕 have the same pronunciation lǚ. Continue reading “Component backbone 吕”
Component heart 心忄
心, originally heart, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component heart 心 or 忄express things related to feelings, temperament, thought, expression, or things related to mental activity. It can also act as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component heart 心忄”
Component nose 自
自, originally a pictographic character of nose, mainly serves as semantic component to form characters. It can also serve as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component nose 自”