工, a pictographic character of a carpenter’s square or a bladed tool, serves as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form character. Continue reading “工 carpenter’s square”
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辰 a hoe
辰, a pictographic character resembling a hoe held by a hand, serves mainly as a phonetic component to form characters. 辰 also serves as a semantic component to express meanings related to farm work. Another version for the origin of辰 is that it resembled a farming tool made of seashells. Continue reading “辰 a hoe”
正 a foot walking towards a destination
正, an indicative character, originally meant: a foot is walking towards a destination. 正 is composed of 一, an indicative sign; and 止, a foot. 正 mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “正 a foot walking towards a destination”
Component nose 自
自, originally a pictographic character of nose, mainly serves as semantic component to form characters. It can also serve as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component nose 自”
爿 the other half of a piece of chopped wood
爿, a pictographic character of the other half of a piece of chopped wood, serve as a semantic component to form characters. When 爿 serves as a semantic component, it expresses meanings related to wood such as 牃 dié, 牁 kē, etc. Continue reading “爿 the other half of a piece of chopped wood”