邑, a compound ideographic character of city, serves as semantic component to form characters. When 邑 serves as semantic component , it is written as 阝. Characters formed by the semantic component city 邑 express meanings related to city, state, place, residence, name, etc. 邑 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component city 邑阝”
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Component 邕 a city surrounded by water
邕, a compound ideographic character of a city surrounded by water, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 邕 have the same pronunciation. Continue reading “Component 邕 a city surrounded by water”
Radical city 阝: on the left or right?
The radical city 阝is derived from the character 邑 yì. 阝is also called 右耳旁in Chinese. What meanings do the characters formed by the radical city 阝have? Continue reading “Radical city 阝: on the left or right?”