良, corridor, porch, veranda, cognate of 廊, means: nice, good. 良 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component corridor 良 share the consonant l and the compound vowel iang or ang. Continue reading “Component corridor 良”
Tag: phonetic
两 Two cooking utensils
两, originally resembled two cooking utensils, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. means: two, both, pair, couple, ounce. Continue reading “两 Two cooking utensils”
毕 a hand-net for hunting
毕, originally a hand-net for hunting, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. The characters formed by the semantic component have the same pronunciation. Continue reading “毕 a hand-net for hunting”
岂 a musical instrument
岂, originally a musical instrument, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “岂 a musical instrument”
曲 a bent object
曲, originally a bent object, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “曲 a bent object”