刍, a compound ideograph of a hand holding a bunch of hay/grass, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 刍 have the same or similar pronunciation as 刍.
寸 hand III
The component 寸, one of the variants of 手, serves as a semantic component to form associative compound ideographs 会意字 and also as a phonetic component to form phono-semantic characters. Continue reading “寸 hand III”
Component 豊 an ancient sacrificial vessel
豊, originally an ancient sacrificial vessel, serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
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Component 鼎 three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel
鼎, three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel/tripod cauldron, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the the semantic component 鼎 express things related to the cooking vessel/tripod caldron. 鼎 also serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 鼎 three-legged ancient Chinese cooking vessel”
Component 壹 a kettle
壹, originally a kettle/pot, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 壹 a kettle”