Besides the most common hands 手 and 扌，there are 10 hidden hands in Chinese characters you may not recognize. These hands reflect the activities of hands, origins of many characters. Continue reading “These 10 hidden hands will blow your mind (ultimate version of hand 手)”
Tag: semantic
囗 enclosure
囗, ancient form of 围 enclose/enclosure and synonymous with 国 state, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Very interestingly, all the characters formed by 囗 have the same structure. Continue reading “囗 enclosure”
凵 a pit in the ground
凵, cognate of 坎, is a pictographic character. 凵 serves as a semantic component to form characters which express meanings related to “hollow, sunken, depressed, sunk, etc” such as bowl, trap, groove, ridge, pit, etc. Continue reading “凵 a pit in the ground”
疒 disease
疒 nè, denotes disease and serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by the component 疒 express different diseases or disease-related concepts such as 病, 痛, 疲, 疯, 疤, etc. Continue reading “疒 disease”
匚 left box
匚, originally a box, serves as a semantic component to form characters that are related to square containers or other types of containers such as 匣, 匡, 匠,医, 匿, 匾, 匝, 匪, 区, etc. Continue reading “匚 left box”