丝, a compound ideographic character of silk, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component silk 丝 express things related to silk, rope, cotton, textile, color, etc such as 缝纫线绳纽级纺织纤维纱绿绸缎. Continue reading “Component silk 丝 糹纟”
求 a fur coat
求, a cognate of 裘, is a pictographic character of a fur coat. 求 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 求 have the same pronunciation qiú. Continue reading “求 a fur coat”
Component 衣 a piece of clothing
衣, a pictographic character of a piece of clothing, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 衣 express things related to cloth, fabric, textile, etc. Continue reading “Component 衣 a piece of clothing”
Component 巾 a piece of cloth
巾, a pictographic of a piece of cloth, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 巾 express things related to cloth, textile, etc. Continue reading “Component 巾 a piece of cloth”
Component 黍 broomcorn millet
黍, broomcorn millet, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 黍 broomcorn millet”