雨, a pictographic character of rain, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 雨 express meanings related to rain, climate or weather such as 雪, 雾, 霹, 雳, 雷, 雹, 霉霄, 霏, 震, 霞, 露, 霾, etc. Continue reading “Component 雨 rain”
Component 川 river
川, a pictographic character of river, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 川 also serves as semantic component to form some characters.
灬 fire
灬, a variant of 火 fire, serves as semantic component to form characters in the top-bottom structure. Characters formed by the component 灬 express meanings related to fire, hot, high temperature, light, etc such as 蒸, 煮, 焦烈, 热, 照, 熬, 熏, 熟, 烹, 煎. Continue reading “灬 fire”
Component 火 fire
火, a pictographic character of fire, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 火 express meanings related to fire or light such as 灯灭灰灶灿灾灸炬炎炙烧灼. 火 can also serves as phonetic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 火 fire”