卩 , a kneeling person, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by component卩 express things related to kneeling or extended meanings such as 叩, 印, 却, 即, 卸, 命, etc. Continue reading “Component卩 a kneeling person”
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Component 勹 bowing person with arms bent
勹 , a bowing person with arms bent, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 勹 express things related to person, or extended meanings such as hold, wrap, crawl, etc. Continue reading “Component 勹 bowing person with arms bent”
Component 儿 a baby with a soft fontanel
儿, a pictographic character of a baby with a soft fontanel, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 儿 express meanings related to person, such as 兄, 党光, 先, 兀, 允, 兆, 兜, etc. Continue reading “Component 儿 a baby with a soft fontanel”
尸 a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead
尸, a pictographic character of a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead during sacrificial rites in ancient times, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Continue reading “尸 a person receiving offerings on behalf of the dead”
Component 人 a person
人, a pictographic of a person, servers as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 人 relates to person such as 伞, 仑, 仓, 从, 会, 以, 余, etc. Continue reading “Component 人 a person”