历, originally meant: walk through the woods. 厉 serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 历 walk through the woods”
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Component toe 止
止, a pictographic character of toe, can act as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component toe 止 have to do with toe, foot, foot movements or actions. 止 can also serve as phonetic component to form characters, many of which have the same pronunciation as 止. Continue reading “Component toe 止”
玉 jade
玉, a pictographic character of a string of jade, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 玉 express things related to jade, jade ware, jade processing, etc. 玉 also serves as a phonetic component. Continue reading “玉 jade”
圭 tablet of jade
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”
Component 雪 snow
雪, snow, serves as phonetic component to form characters. All the characters formed by the phonetic component 雪 have the same pronunciation xuě. Continue reading “Component 雪 snow”