鼠, mouse, rat, serves as semantic to express things related to mouse/rat, animals of rat family, or mouse-like animals, or phonetic component. Continue reading “Component mouse 鼠”
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Component elephant 象
象, elephant, serves as phonetic or semantic component. Continue reading “Component elephant 象”
Component bird 焉
焉, originally bird, is used as a modal particle with meanings: thereupon, then; how? why? where? It serves as phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 焉 have the same pronunciation as that of 焉.
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”
Component lizard 易
易, originally a lizard, a cognate of 蜴, means: 1.easy 2.friendly 3.to change 4.to exchange. 易 serves as phonetic component. Characters formed by the component lizard 易 have three structures: semantic left-phonetic right, phonetic left-semantic right, and semi-enclosure Continue reading “Component lizard 易”