气, a pictographic character of cloud, air flow, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 气 express meanings related to gas or chemical elements in the form of gas such as 氢, 氰, 氮, 氯, 氥, 氧, 氚, etc. 气 can also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 气 cloud”
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Component 雨 rain
雨, a pictographic character of rain, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 雨 express meanings related to rain, climate or weather such as 雪, 雾, 霹, 雳, 雷, 雹, 霉霄, 霏, 震, 霞, 露, 霾, etc. Continue reading “Component 雨 rain”
冫ice
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 丘 mound
丘, a pictographic character of a mound, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 丘 express meanings related to hill or mound. Continue reading “Component 丘 mound”
水 water
水, a pictographic character of water, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 水 have to do with water or express extended meanings. Continue reading “水 water”