月, the Moon, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. When月 serves as semantic component it is mainly on the right side of a character. Characters formed by the semantic component moon express meanings related to moon, light, time, weather, etc. Continue reading “Component moon 月”
Component 日 the sun
日, pictographic character of the sun, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 日 have to do with the sun, light, time, dryness, etc such as 明, 早, 晚, 旧, 旭, 时, 旷, 晒, 昆, 旺, 昏, 晕, 暖. Continue reading “Component 日 the sun”
Component stork 雚
雚 guàn, cognate of 鹳, a stork, serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component stork 雚”
Component a perching bird on a nest 西
西, originally a bird perches on a nest, means: west(ern), westward, occident Continue reading “Component a perching bird on a nest 西”
Component swallow 燕
燕, a swallow, serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “Component swallow 燕”