牛, cattle, serves as semantic component. Continue reading “Component cattle 牛”
Component horse 马
马, horse, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component horse 马 are semantic left-phonetic right 驴, 驶, 驰, etc, and some are phonetic up – semantic down such as 驾, 骜, 驽. Continue reading “Component horse 马”
Component lizard 易
易, originally a lizard, a cognate of 蜴, means: 1.easy 2.friendly 3.to change 4.to exchange. 易 serves as phonetic component. Characters formed by the component lizard 易 have three structures: semantic left-phonetic right, phonetic left-semantic right, and semi-enclosure Continue reading “Component lizard 易”
Component insect, worm, bug 虫
虫, insect, worm, bug, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component insect has three structures: semanic left – phonetic right, semi-enclosed, phonetic up-semantic down. Continue reading “Component insect, worm, bug 虫”
Component bird 鸟
bird 鸟 mainly serves as semantic component though it can serve as phonetic component too. Characters formed by the semantic component bird express things related to bird, such as names of different birds. Continue reading “Component bird 鸟”