衣, a pictographic character of a piece of clothing, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 衣 express things related to cloth, fabric, textile, etc. Continue reading “Component 衣 a piece of clothing”
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Component 黍 broomcorn millet
黍, broomcorn millet, serves as phonetic as well as semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 黍 broomcorn millet”
业 a board on the musical stand
业, a pictographic character of the horizontal board fixed on the music stand used in ancient times. Its original meaning was extended to “profession, career, business, etc”. Continue reading “业 a board on the musical stand”
Component 枼 leaf
枼(葉), leaf, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the component are pronounced dié, yè or xiè. Continue reading “Component 枼 leaf”
Component 耑 a sprouting plant
耑, a sprouting plant, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 耑 a sprouting plant”