走, a compound ideographic character of a running man with feet underneath, means: walk, run, leave. It serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 走 express things related to walking, walking gestures, foot movements or actions, etc such as 赴, 起, 赶, 趁, 超, 越, 趋, 趃, 赳, 趔 and so on. 走 also acts as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 走 a running man with feet underneath”
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Component 金钅metals in general, gold, money
金, a compound ideographic character of metals in general, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 金 express meanings related to metal, metal products, etc. 金 also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 金钅metals in general, gold, money”
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”
贝 seashell
贝, a pictographic character of a seashell used as money, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 贝 express things related to money, trade or decoration such as 贠, 贷, 贩, 费, 贺, 赆, 贶, 贻, 赁, 赇, 贫, 貥, 贲, 贸, etc. 贝 also serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “贝 seashell”
Component 气 cloud
气, a pictographic character of cloud, air flow, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 气 express meanings related to gas or chemical elements in the form of gas such as 氢, 氰, 氮, 氯, 氥, 氧, 氚, etc. 气 can also serves as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component 气 cloud”