良, corridor, porch, veranda, cognate of 廊, means: nice, good. 良 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component corridor 良 share the consonant l and the compound vowel iang or ang. Continue reading “Component corridor 良”
Component earthenware 瓦
瓦, a pictographic character of earthenware, can serve as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component earthenware 瓦 expresses meanings related to earthenwares, pottery production workers, surname which is an extended meaning, etc. It also can act as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component earthenware 瓦”
Component 缶 an earthen pot with a lid
缶, a pictographic character of an earthen pot with a lid, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 缶 an earthen pot with a lid”
两 Two cooking utensils
两, originally resembled two cooking utensils, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. means: two, both, pair, couple, ounce. Continue reading “两 Two cooking utensils”
伞 umbrella
伞/傘 is a pictographic character of an umbrella. In modern Chinese, it can mean anything with the shape of umbrella such as parasol, parachute, etc.