冫, variant of ice, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 冫express meanings related to “cool, cold, low temperature, etc” such as 冷, 冬, 凉, 冻, 冰, 寒, 凄, 凌, 凛, 凝, 冽, etc. Continue reading “冫ice”
Component 巠 flowing water
巠(坙), flowing water, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 巠 flowing water”
Component 云 cloud
云, a pictographic character of cloud, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 云 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 云 cloud”
component snake 巴
巴, originally snake, means: to hope for anxiously; to expect; to cling to; to stick to. It serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “component snake 巴”
Component 厉 rubstone
厉, originally rubstone, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 厉 rubstone”