米, a pictographic character of rice, serves as a semantic component to express meanings related to rice, grain, food, etc, e.g. 类/類, 粒, 糟, 粕, 糕, 粳, 粉, 粮/糧 and so forth. 米 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “米 rice”
豆 a food container
豆, originally a food container, serves as a semantic component to express meanings related to food container or bean. 豆 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “豆 a food container”
Compmonent 酉 a jar for storing liquors
酉, a pictographic character of a jar or vase for storing liquors, mainly serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component 酉 express meanings related to liquor, food or things produced by fermentation such as seasoning, condiments, relish, etc, e.g. 醋, 醇, 醉, 醛, 醒, 酌, 配, 酗 and so on.
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黑 soot in a container over a fire
黑, a compound character of soot in a container over a fire, mainly serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 黑 mean meanings related to “black” or “dirty” such as 墨, 黔, 點, 黛, 黝, 黜, etc. 黑 also can serve as a phonetic component. Continue reading “黑 soot in a container over a fire”
匚 left box
匚, originally a box, serves as a semantic component to form characters that are related to square containers or other types of containers such as 匣, 匡, 匠,医, 匿, 匾, 匝, 匪, 区, etc. Continue reading “匚 left box”