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”
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Radical mound 阝阜: on the left or right?
The radical mound 阝is originally from the character 阜 fù. Characters with the radical mound 阝have to do with “terrain, rise, lower, etc” or its extended meaning. Continue reading “Radical mound 阝阜: on the left or right?”