矛 máo, a pictographic character of a spear, serves as both semantic and phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 矛 have to do with spears. Continue reading “矛 a spear”
车 a chariot
车 chē, a pictographic character of an ancient chariot, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 车 have to do with vehicles such as 轮, 转, 轨, 较, 轩, 辕, 轴, 辆, 辗, 辙, etc. Continue reading “车 a chariot”
乏 not straight
乏 is the reversed writing of 正, and the original meaning of 乏 is: not straight, skewed. 乏 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “乏 not straight”
正 a foot walking towards a destination
正, an indicative character, originally meant: a foot is walking towards a destination. 正 is composed of 一, an indicative sign; and 止, a foot. 正 mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “正 a foot walking towards a destination”
氵 water
氵, derived from 水, serves as semantic component to form characters. 氵 is an extremely important component because it can form more than one thousand characters. Characters formed by the component 氵 have to do with water such as 江河流海洋澡沐浴泪. Continue reading “氵 water”