冖, derived from 幂, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component 冖 express things related to cover or cover-related extended meanings such as 穴, 幂, 冤, 冠, 罕, 冢, 冥, 军, etc. Continue reading “冖 a cover”
Component 鬯 sacrificial wine
鬯, originally sacrificial wine, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 鬯 sacrificial wine”
Component 鬲 a three-legged cauldron
鬲, originally a three-legged cauldron, mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. It also servers as well as a semantic component. Continue reading “Component 鬲 a three-legged cauldron”
Component 录 green metal
录, originally green metal, 录 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 录 have the same pronunciation lù. Continue reading “Component 录 green metal”
Component 庚 a threshing device
庚, a pictographic character of a threshing device, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 庚 a threshing device”