日, pictographic character of the sun, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 日 have to do with the sun, light, time, dryness, etc such as 明, 早, 晚, 旧, 旭, 时, 旷, 晒, 昆, 旺, 昏, 晕, 暖. Continue reading “Component 日 the sun”
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Component tiger 虎
虎, tiger, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to 虎. Continue reading “Component tiger 虎”
Component beast 豸
豸, beast, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to animals, mostly names of beast. Continue reading “Component beast 豸”
Component pig 豕
豕, pig, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to pig, or pig-related extended meanings. Continue reading “Component pig 豕”
Component dog 犬
犬, dog, serves as semantic component to express meanings related to dog or other animals.犬 is written as 犭in semantic-phonetic compounds. Continue reading “Component dog 犬”