孝, a compound ideographic character of a youngster supporting or carrying an old person, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 孝 a youngster supporting or carrying an old person”
Tag: +phonetic/-semantic
老 an old person
老, a pictographic character of an old person, serves as both a phonetic and a semantic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 老 are pronounced lǎo except 峔. Continue reading “老 an old person”
Component 母 mother
母, a pictographic character of a mother with breasts exposed, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 母 mother”
Component 夫 adult male
夫, a pictographic character of an adult male, mainly serves as phonetic component to form characters. 夫 also serves as semantic component to form few compound ideographic characters. Continue reading “Component 夫 adult male”
Component flying object 至
至, with original meaning: a flying object (bird/arrow) arrives. It serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. Character formed by the semantic component 至 express meanings related to arrive, reach, etc, Continue reading “Component flying object 至”