业, a pictographic character of the horizontal board fixed on the music stand used in ancient times. Its original meaning was extended to “profession, career, business, etc”. Continue reading “业 a board on the musical stand”
Component 枼 leaf
枼(葉), leaf, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component are pronounced dié, yè or xiè. Continue reading “Component 枼 leaf”
Component 耑 a sprouting plant
耑, a sprouting plant, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 耑 a sprouting plant”
Component 韭 chives
韭, a pictographic character of chives, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 韭 chives”
Component two wings 非
非, originally two wings, can act as a phonetic component as well as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component two wings 非”