肙, a small worm, serves as phonetic component to form characters. There are just several characters formed by the component small worm 肙 Continue reading “Component small worm 肙”
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皮 a hand stripping the fur from an animal pelt
皮, originally a hand stripping the fur from an animal pelt, can serve as both phonetic and semantic component to form characters. 皮 is compound ideograph. Continue reading “皮 a hand stripping the fur from an animal pelt”
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 每
每, a variant of 母 woman, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 每”
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”