辜 is a phono-semantic character. In the seal script, 辜 
= 
(古)+ 
(辛). Continue reading “辜 death penalty”
Tag: 辛
Component 辛 knife
辛, a pictographic character of a knife, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 辛 have to do with crime, criminal law, spicy things, etc such as 辨, 辞, 辣, 辟, 辫, 辜, 辠, etc. Continue reading “Component 辛 knife”