方, a pictographic character of a flag, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or army such as 旗, 旅, 施, 旋, 族, 旌, etc. Continue reading “方 flag”
Tag: same pronunciation
Component 兵 a pair of hands holding a weapon
兵, a compound ideographic character of a pair of hands holding a weapon, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 兵 a pair of hands holding a weapon”
Component flying object 至
至, with original meaning: a flying object (bird/arrow) arrives. It serves as semantic or phonetic component to form characters. Character formed by the semantic component 至 express meanings related to arrive, reach, etc, Continue reading “Component flying object 至”
Characters with component 四 still pronounced the same as 四
They all have a component 四 and have the same pronunciation as that of 四 sì Continue reading “Characters with component 四 still pronounced the same as 四”