孝, a compound ideographic character of a youngster supporting or carrying an old person, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 孝 a youngster supporting or carrying an old person”
老 an old person
老, a pictographic character of an old person, serves as both a phonetic and a semantic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 老 are pronounced lǎo except 峔. Continue reading “老 an old person”
Component 每
每, a variant of 母 woman, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 每”
Component 母 mother
母, a pictographic character of a mother with breasts exposed, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 母 mother”
Component 介 a man wearing armor
介, a pictographic character of a man wearing armor, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 介 a man wearing armor”