火, a pictographic character of fire, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 火 express meanings related to fire or light such as 灯灭灰灶灿灾灸炬炎炙烧灼. 火 can also serves as phonetic component to form few characters. Continue reading “Component 火 fire”
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土 a heap of soil
土, a pictographic character of a heap of soil, serves as semantic we well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 土 express meanings related to soil, earth, or land. Continue reading “土 a heap of soil”
Component 山 mountain
山, a pictographic character of a mountain, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 山 express meanings related to mountain, stone, or tall things, etc. 山 also serves as phonetic component.
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Component 石 a rock at the foot of a cliff
石 a pictographic character of a rock at the foot of a cliff, serves as semantic as well as phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 石 express meanings related to earth, rock, or earth or rock related instruments. Continue reading “Component 石 a rock at the foot of a cliff”
Component mouse 鼠
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”