Do you know these words 鬣, 鬃, 鬓, 髦, 髯? They look very difficult? Yes, they do before you know how to decode them. Now, just take a minute to conquer these monsters! Continue reading “彡 vs 毛 vs 髟”
辶 vs 廴
Both 辶 and 廴 are from 辵, composed of 彳和 止. So characters with 辶 and 廴 relate to walking or its extended meaning.
Why do 走, 足 and 步 have foot-related meanings?
Have you noticed they all share a 止? 止 is a foot. 走 consists of a person and a foot to mean walk. 足 consists of a town and a foot, which originally meant that a soldier returned to his town in triumph, but now it only means foot. Characters with 走 relate to walking. Characters with 足 relate to movements of feet.
Don’t get infected with illness 疒
疒nè, a byword for illness, can combine with other words to express different diseases or disease-related concepts, and many words read exactly the same after they get “infected” with 疒, such as 正, 志, 豆, 全, 皮, 巴, 风.
尸 vs 户
From their writing, the only thing making 尸 and 户 different is that point. How about their meanings? Which one is more versatile? Continue reading “尸 vs 户”