户, a pictographic character of single-leafed door, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 户 express meanings related to door, house, etc. Continue reading “户 single-leafed door”
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Component two wings 非
非, originally two wings, can act as a phonetic component as well as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component two wings 非”
Component 瓜 gourd/melon
瓜, gourd/melon, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 瓜 express meanings related to melons or vine plants. Continue reading “Component 瓜 gourd/melon”
Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage
才, a pictographic character of a plant in initial growth stage, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 才 serves as semantic component in the compound ideographic character 闭. Continue reading “Component 才 a plant in initial growth stage”
Component 林 forest
林, a compound ideograph of the forest, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the sematic component 林 have to do with the tree. Continue reading “Component 林 forest”