廴, originally from 彳, means: walk, go. 廴 serves as semantic component to form characters. In Chinese, 廴 is called 建字底. Characters formed by the component 廴 express meanings related to “go, walk, etc”. Continue reading “Component 廴 walk”
穴 a cave
穴, a pictographic character of a cave, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component cave 穴 have to do with the cave, hole or extended meanings. Continue reading “穴 a cave”
Component 亚 a building with four sides
There are different versions as to the origin of 亚, among which is the version that 亚 is a building with four sides. 亚 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 亚 a building with four sides”
宀 a roof
宀, originally a roof/house, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component roof 宀 express meanings related to the house, home, or things done in a house. Continue reading “宀 a roof”
Component city 邑阝
邑, a compound ideographic character of city, serves as semantic component to form characters. When 邑 serves as semantic component , it is written as 阝. Characters formed by the semantic component city 邑 express meanings related to city, state, place, residence, name, etc. 邑 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component city 邑阝”