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”
Don’t be arrogant 自大
自大一点就臭。You can say that no matter literally or metaphorically. Literally, 自 + 大 +丶＝ 臭; metaphorically, if someone is 自大（arrogant, pretentious), he or she will be 臭(repulsive).