圭, a compound ideographic character of a tablet of jade, used for sacrifices or funerals. 圭 can serve as a semantic as well as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “圭 tablet of jade”
Tag: +phonetic/-semantic
Component 申 bolt of lightning
申, original form of 电, bolt of lightning, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 申 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 申 bolt of lightning”
Component 川 river
川, a pictographic character of river, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 川 also serves as semantic component to form some characters.
Component 云 cloud
云, a pictographic character of cloud, serves as phonetic component to form characters. 云 also serves as semantic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 云 cloud”
Component dragon 龍龙
龙, dragon, serves as semantic component to express things related to dragon or gods, and also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component dragon 龍龙”