我, originally a rake-like weapon or tool, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 我 weapon”
甬 a bell handle
As to the origin of 甬, there are two versions: 1. a bell handle; 2. a flower bud. 甬 serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “甬 a bell handle”
Component 克 a person shouldering things
克, a pictographic character of a person shouldering things, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 克 a person shouldering things”
Component corridor 良
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”