石 a pictographic character of a rock at the foot of a cliff, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 石 express meanings related to earth, rock, or earth or rock related instruments. Continue reading “Component 石 a rock at the foot of a cliff”
Component 亘 whirling water
亘, a compound ideographic character of whirling water, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 亘 whirling water”
Component 夕 dusk
夕, a simple ideographic character of dusk/evening/night, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 夕 have to do with time, night or night activities. Continue reading “Component 夕 dusk”
Component moon 月
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”