首, a pictographic character of head, serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. There are just several characters formed by the component head 首. Continue reading “Component head 首”
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Component head 页
页, also a pictographic character of head, serves as semantic component/radical to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component head 页 express things related to head, neck, face, etc. Continue reading “Component head 页”
Component couple or a pair 丽
丽 originally meant a pair, a couple, a meaning later represented by 俪. 丽 was extended to represent “beautiful”. The character resembles two deer skins and a deer head, i.e. things in pairs. 麗 has been simplified to 丽, with the component representing the deer’s head removed. It serves as phonetic component. There are just several characters formed by the phonetic component couple 丽. Continue reading “Component couple or a pair 丽”
贝, 见 and 页
These three semantic components 贝, 见 and 页 look very familiar but are totally different. Just explore how they are different! Continue reading “贝, 见 and 页”